The Bluebird Claims is a silver and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bluebird Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluebird Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2575
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Indian 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2575 OF SERICITIZED LIMERICK KERATOPHYRE,DUMP GRAB WITH QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, CONTAIN-S 5 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 200 PPM- AG, 200 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 100 PPM BI, 5 PPM CO, -10 PPM CR, 20000 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB,-10 PPM CR, 20000 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB,- 500 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCESSIBILITY IS POOR; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Deposit): ONE METER WIDE QUARTZ VEIN IN LIMERICK KERATOPHYRE. VEIN CONTAINS CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE. OXIDES INCLU-DE CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, TENORITE, AZURITE, AND PB-SB OXIDES-. WALLROCK IS SERICITIZED.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS, BULLDOZER TRENCH
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, USBM IC 6902, P. 18-19.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-820
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR.,28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
