The Blue Bird is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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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
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Blue Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Red Boy District/Granite Area
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1906
Time Period: 1905-1906
Material type: AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Est. 0.17 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 1500 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $5000 .
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL ARGILLITE BRECCIA ZONES CEMENTED BY COMB QUARTZ WITH MINOR AM0UNTS OF PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY 2500 FOOT CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND SOME SHORT DRIFTS UNDER THE RIDGE. 1500 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $5000 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MATERIAL ON DUMP SHOWS A BRECCIA OF UNALTERED ARGILLITE CEMENTED BY COMB QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 42 .
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.S. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE GRANITE QUADRANGLE, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI MAP IN PREPARATION
Reference (Production): ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 42 .
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