The Bluebird Group is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Bluebird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluebird Group
Secondary: Capitola
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Stringer
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. GRADE 1 1/2% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): UNDETERMINED OUTPUT IN 1940'S AND 1950'S OF SCHEELITE; FEW TENS OF OUNCES OF GOLD IN LATE 1920'S.
Comment (Deposit): RANGES FROM 2 IN - 2 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 35 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT TO 150 FT. DEPTH WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 3 LEVELS.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM EST.
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 313
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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