The Yellow Bird is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.18972, -113.37528
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Yellow Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Bird
Secondary: Rainbow
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Owner Name: Notch Peak Minerals
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: The Area Is A Limestone Roof Pendant Domed Up By The Intrusive. It Is Also A Titled (Se) Fault Block
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Idocrase
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4 1/4 1/4 NOT SURVEYED
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE
Comment (Workings): RAINBOW PIT IS 50 FT X 25 FT X 20 FT DEEP, THE YELLOWBIRD PIT IS 75 FT X 15 FT X 8 FT DEEP
Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE POWDER.
Comment (Production): FIGURE #1 IS FOR RAINBOW MINE, FIGURE #2 IS FOR YELLOWBIRD
References
Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V.53
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6
Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961.
Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636
Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014
Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V.3
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