The Blue Bird Claim is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.92833, -115.82944
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Blue Bird Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Pancake Range
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Pancake Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Axis Of Overturned Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Mild
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Deposit): ANASTOMOSING VEINLETS, FRACTURE FILLINGS, AND COATINGS OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF"STRIPPINGS",SHALLOW CUTS, AND AN OLD SHALLOW SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): COPPER PROSPECTS EXTEND FOR 1.5 MILES ALONG N-TRENDING ZONES.
Comment (Deposit): NO INFORMATION ON THE PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
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.
