The Blue Bird Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Scratchgravel Hills District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. C. Robinson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): FLOODED SHAFT, 40 FOOT CROSSCUT AT BOTTOM.
Comment (Location): WEST OF NETTIE MINE.
Comment (Production): SEVERAL TONS AT $49.00-54.00/TON AG PB
References
Not available
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
