The Blue Bird is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,518 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.86306, -111.21944
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Blue Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Mas 4 1023
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns 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: Leslie S. Weeks
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp
Type: L
Description: West Flank Of Anticline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: V2O5 0.01 PERCENT.
Analytical Data: CU 0.08 TO 3.15 PERCENT
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES U3O8 0.04 TO 0.09 PERCENT
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 ; NE 1/4 ; SW 1/4 ; OF SECTION 14
Comment (Deposit): WEST EDGE OF SHINARUMP CHANNEL IN LOWER 2 FEET.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, EACH 50 - 60 FT. IN LENGTH
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950S
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION AT OR JUST ABOVE MOENKOPI-SHINARUMP CONTACT.
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967
Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULLETIN 1229
Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS
Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 4
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