Bluebird Mine

The Bluebird Mine is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,351 feet.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Bluebird Mine
Secondary: Bluebird Hill
Secondary: Primos Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Quartz

Location

State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Bluebird 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: Primos Chemical Co.
Years: 1973 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds & Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 53.000000+-
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): VEIN AREA EXTENDING OVER SEVERAL MILES SW OF JOHNSON INCLUDES NUMEROUS SMALL ADITS, SHAFTS, OPEN PITS AND UNDERHAND STOPES. SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION CEASED 1918. THIS WAS LARGEST TUNGSTEN MINE IN DRAGOON QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE NARROW, IRREGULAR IN WIDTH, OFTEN PINCH OUT ALONG STRIKE AND BRANCH OUT INTO SMALL STRINGERS. TWO MAIN SETS OF VEINS. (A) DIP OF 60 TO 70 SE (B) DIP OF 35 TO 50 SE.

Comment (Workings): INCLUDED IN WORKINGS ARE DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES, RAISES, STOPES.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS OCCUR IN FAULT ZONES IN TWO MAIN SETS (A) 60 TO 70 SE DIP AND (B) 35 TO 50 SE. STRIAE INDICATE SEVERAL DIRECTIONS OF MOVEMENT; THE MOST CONSPICUOUS INDICATE REVERSE MOVEMENT.

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1979)

Comment (Deposit): SEE M050208, PRIMOS GROUP.

Comment (Commodity): MINE YIELDED RICH ORE. SOME LOW GRADE MATERIAL REMAINS.

Comment (Production): A TOTAL OF SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES PRODUCED FROM 1900 TO 1917 AND MINOR SPORADIC PRODUCTION LATER.

References

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.

Reference (Deposit): PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375

Reference (Deposit): SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1943 GEOLMAP KRAUSKOPF AND STOPPER, MAPPED MINE.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416.

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.

Reference (Deposit): WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Deposit): 5) WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.

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