The Blue Bird Mine is a copper mine located in Costilla county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,638 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,638 Feet (2,633 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 37.56972, -105.28056
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Secondary: Blue Jay Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Costilla
District: Grayback (Russell) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Trinchera (Estate)
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type: L
Description: Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite, Iron Oxides
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GNEISS AND SCHIST IN FAULT CONTACT WITH MINTURN FM.
Comment (Workings): ONE SHAFT
Comment (Location): ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. MINE OR CLAIM LIE ON NE SIDE OF SANGRE DE CRISTO CREEK 0.9 MILE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH PLACER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2
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