The Blue Bird Copper and Silver Mining Co. is a silver and lead mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Blue Bird Copper and Silver Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Copper and Silver Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
District: Scratchgravel Hills District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated 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: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Mimetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL TONS OF RICH PB-AG ORE WERE MINED
Comment (Location): S PART OF SCRATCHGRAVEL HILLS, ON DIVIDE TOWARDS E.
Comment (Workings): A SHAFT WITH LEVELS EXTENDING 500 FT N AND 200 FT S. SOME OPEN PITS.
Comment (Deposit): POCKET OF RICH GALENA-SILVER SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN QUARTZ STRINGER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 55-6, PL. 3
Reference (Production): USGS BULL 842, P. 56.
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.
