The Blue Bird is a uranium mine located in Emery county, Utah at an elevation of 5,479 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,479 Feet (1,670 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.70417, -110.99139
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Blue Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Green Dragon
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Utah
County: Emery
District: San Rafael 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Torral, Sherwood And Carol Albrecht
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: San Rafael Swell
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Rafael Swell
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching In Sandstones And Mudstone
Rocks
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SW 1/4, SEC. 24
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, GEOLOGY, ALTERED ROCKS OF THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, EMERY COUNTY, UTAH, USGS BULL. 123
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE HAWLEY, C. C., BULLETI
Reference (Production): UGMS STUDY, 1973
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977
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