The Blue Bird Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana at an elevation of 7,080 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,080 Feet (2,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 46.35889, -112.16611
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Secondary: Pen Yan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Louis Peura, 1821 Lowell Ave., Butte, Mont.
Owner Name: Louis Peura
Production
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1902-1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^ 65 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1893
Time Period: 1887-1893
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.56 Oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1887
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith, South-Trending Syncline In Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Type: L
Description: Bluebird - Mount Washington Shear Zone About 4 Km Long, Roof Pendant Of Elkhorn Mountains Volcanics
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM MAIN TUNNEL: 6-7% CU, 0.5 OZ/TON AU, 65 OZ/TON AG, 1-3% ZN.
Analytical Data: 19 OZ/TON AG, 3% CU FROM LAST 70 YRS (1963)
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Anglesite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPENED BY 1000 FT VERTICAL SHAFT, 4146 FT OF DRIFTS, 2320 FT ADIT. MAIN LEVEL IS A 2000 FT ADIT TO CUT VEIN 400 FT BELOW OUTCROP. 2 LEVELS WERE DRIVEN FROM A 200 FT WINZE BELOW THE MAIN ADIT AND AT LEAST 1 LEVEL WAS DRIVEN ABOVE MAIN ADIT. INACCESSABLE IN 1963.
Comment (Geology): POST-MINERALIZED FAULTING.
Comment (Location): UTM LOCATION OF MAIN ADIT PORTAL
Comment (Production): PEN YAN PRODUCTION TOTALED 428 ST AT 0.2 TOZ/ST AU, 10 TOZ/ST AG, AND 0.25% CU.
Comment (Development): BLUEBIRD MINED MAINLY FOR AG. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS: BLUEBIRD, EVENING STAR, ESCANABA, BLUE BELL, BLACK BIRD.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN 2 BODIES: ONE NEAR BLUEBIRD SHAFT AND ONE WEST OF IT NEAR THE PENYAN SHAFT. THE PEN YAN ORE WAS VALUABLE FOR AU, THE BLUE BIRD HAD MORE AG. THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS ALONG A PROFOUNDLY TOURMALINIZED ZONE. THE ROCK OF THIS ZONE HAS BEEN SO THROUGHLY RECRYSTALLIZED THAT ITS ORIGINAL CHARACTER IS NO LONGER RECOGNIZABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 30, P. 24.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 72-73.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 16, P. 49.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 527, P. 50-51, 111-14.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 242-43.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL. 16
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
