The Blue Bird Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,651 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,651 Feet (2,332 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.62833, -117.10694
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Secondary: Dewitt Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1934
Discovery Year: 1902
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NW SLOPE OF LONG PEAK; NEAR HEAD TROUT CREEK
Comment (Development): SOLD TO G. DEWITT IN 1918, ACQUIRED IN 1934 BY E. AND C. LAITZEN WHO TREATED ORE IN 2-STAMP CYANIDE MILL 1/2 MILE N. OF THE MINE. NORELORD OF PRE-1934 PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, DISSEMINATIONS IN FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): ADITS, PITS
Comment (Geology): SANDSTONE IS SERICITIZED NEAR VEINS AND CONTAINS DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE
Comment (Deposit): ORIGINLY LCOATED BY P. NASH AND D. MC DONALD IN 1902, SOLD TO G. DEWITT IN 1918, ACQUIRED IN 1934 BY E. AND C. LAURITZEN, WHO TREATED ORE IN A 2-STAMP CYANIDE MILL 1/MILE N. OF THE MINE. PRODUCTION RECORDS FOR PRE-1934 ARE NOT AVAILABLE. WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 SHORT ADITS TOTALLING 400FT IN LENGTH AND A FEW SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL 594.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
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.
