The Bluebird Prospect is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7669, -113.64690
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Bluebird Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluebird Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mcdevitt 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1957
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ene Shear Zone
Type: L
Description: Hematite Has Micaceous Or Schistose Structure; Brecciation
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Martite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SLOPE E OF LITTLE SAW MILL CREEK AND NEAR ITS HEAD.
Comment (Deposit): SECOND VEIN STRIKES N 85 DEG W AND ALSO DIPS STEEPLY N; BOTH VEINS SHOULD JOIN TO THE SE.
Comment (Geology): PHYLLITE TRENDS N 60 DEG W, DIPS STEEPLY NE
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 111 P
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12
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