The Bluebird Gold-Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 420 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 420 Feet (128 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 57.60833, -133.38139
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Bluebird Gold-Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluebird Gold-Silver-Lead-Zinc-Copper Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Petersburg
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Calcareous Graphitic Schist Strikes N 22 Degrees W, Dips Vertically
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Calc-Silicate Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.3 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE ON HANGING WALL OF VEIN: 2.1 PPM AU, 296.5 PPM AG, 3,300 PPM PB, 2,900 PPM ZN, 1,300 PPM CU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS B 1525, FIG. 57, 58. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): BLUEBIRD CLAIM LOCATED IN 1903. OPEN CUT DUG AND SHAFT SUNK. NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION.
Comment (Workings): 5 FT. BY 5 FT. OPEN CUT EXPOSES VEIN IN STREAM BANK. 6 FT. SQUARE SHAFT IS FLOODED, BUT CONTAINS ESTIMATED 400 FT. OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, INTERSECTING VEIN AT DEPTH OF 125 FT. WITH 275 FT. OF DRIFTING.
Comment (Deposit): JACK POT PROSPECT, USGS MF-425, LOC. 11, IS SUPPOSED TO BE LOCATED NEARBY BUT COULD NOT BE LOCATED BY BREW AND OTHERS (USGS B 1525, P. 163) DURING FIELD INVESTIGATION IN 1970'S. JACK POT AND BLUEBIRD MAY ACTUALLY BE SAME PROSPECTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): 1.6 FT. THICK QUARTZ VEIN IN CALCAREOUS GRAPHITIC SCHIST CONTAINS ABUNDANT PYRITE, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND GALENA ON HANGING WALL.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA REF. 1.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B 1525, P. 163-166, FIGS. 57, 58, PLATES 1, 3 (1984)
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-698, P. 7, 15 (REF. TO JACK POT) (1978)
Reference (Other Database): BAG-B-1525-FIG-57
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