The Blue Bird Mine is a uranium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.75944, -104.89556
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Donald A. Pence
Home Office: Colorado Springs, Co.
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type: L
Description: Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Columbite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF ST. PETERS DOME. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SEC. 09. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)
Comment (Development): SITE PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED U ORE AND LATER WAS INTENDED TO BE SOURCE OF NB AND POSSIBLY BE.
Comment (Deposit): PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY GENERALLY NE-TRENDING PEGMATITES AND PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.
Reference (Deposit): PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.
Reference (Deposit): OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V.4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.
Reference (Deposit): TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979,GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.
Reference (Deposit): FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.
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