The Blue Bird Mine is a lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 43.89694, -113.68000
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Secondary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Easlie Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alder Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: White Knob Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Lead
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1939 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK FOR 1938 , P. 335 - 358.
Reference (Deposit): 1939 COMPILE USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK FOR 1938
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A
Reference (Production): USBM, 1939, MINERAL YEARBOOK FOR 1938
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 97, 1917, P. 97.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-4, NO. 574, P. 239.
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