The Blue Bird Mine is a silver mine located in Silver Bow county, Montana at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 46.01306, -112.59000
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Secondary: Bluebird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Montana
County: Silver Bow
District: Butte District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Blue Bird Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Year: 1881
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Location): BLUE BIRD MILL IN SEC. 16 AND 21, T. 3 N., R. 8 W.
Comment (Production): DAILY PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 200 TONS PER DAY (SWALLOW AND TREVARTHEN, 1890)
Comment (Development): MILL$: 0.3 ; ECON.COM: MILL CAPACITY 120 TONS PER DAY - 1887
Comment (Deposit): VEIN STRIKES GENERALLY EAST AND DIPS SOUTH - VEIN NARROWS IN PLACES TO 12 FT WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): SWALLOW, G. C., AND TREVARTHEN, J. B., 1890, REPORTS OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES AND DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDING NOV. 30, 1889: JOUR. PUB. CO., HELENA, MONTANA
Reference (Deposit): ANONYMOUS, NO DATE, REPORT ON BLUE BIRD MINE: ON FILE AT MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BUTTE.
Reference (Deposit): CONROW, J. M., NO DATE, BLUEBIRD MINE: ON FILE AT MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BUTTE
Reference (Production): ANONYMOUS, NO DATE, BLUE BIRD MINE
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W. H., EMMONS, S. F., AND TOWER, G. W., 1897, BUTTE SPECIAL FOLIO (MONTANA): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 38
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
