The Blue Bird is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.78417, -114.76972
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Blue Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Copper Co.
Years: 1967 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1884
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Comments
Comment (Production): 100 TONS ORE PRIOR TO 1910, AVG. 17-32% CU, 20 OZ/T AG; $2.00 AU/TON, PRINCIPAL SHIPMENTS MADE IN 1928. ORE SINCE 1910 HAS AVERAGED 6% CU AND 3 OZ AG/TON: TOTAL PRODUCTION LT $5000 WORTH.
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM. SOME PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910 (100 TONS) BUT PRINCIPAL PRODUCTION WAS IN 1928.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS LOCATED IN META-SEDIMENTS ABOUT 1000 FT. N OF GRANODIORITE CONTACT. THE VEIN (MOSTLY PINCHED AND INTERRUPTED) IS AN EASTERN CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN VEIN OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVIEW MINE. THE VEIN AVERAGES 4 FEET IN WIDTH. THE MINE WAS LOCATED IN 1884. FIRST PRODUCTION WAS PRIOR TO 1910 (100 TONS AVERAGING 17-32% CU, 20 OZ. AG AND $2.00 AU TO THE TON). SINCE 1910, ORE HAS AVERAGED 6% CU AND 3 OZ. AG PER TON. PRINCIPAL SHIPMENTS WERE IN 1928 (SCHRADER, 1935, P 26-8; AND 1912, P 113.) MINERAL SURVEY 3959 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935); SMITH, R.M. (1976)
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
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.
