The Blue Bird Prospect is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.5972, -116.62420
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Blue Bird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Prospect
Secondary: Elk Extension
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Beauty Bay 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Blue Bird Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): On Upper S Slope Of Elk Mountain
Comment (Development): 9 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
References
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S.W., 1964, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Report No. 1, P. 223-233
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P
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