The Blue Bird Mine is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,461 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: 7,461 Feet (2,274 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.9703, -113.45610
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Blue Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Bird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mc Devitt 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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1911
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized, Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, SOUTHEAST VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE
Comment (Location): 1 MI W OF LEMHI PASS ON FLAT ABOVE N FORK AGENCY CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM-BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL 1351, 94 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 RECON W. N. SHARP AND W. S. CAVENDAR, BULL 1126
Reference (Deposit): 1972 RECON STAATZ, M. H., BULL 1351
Reference (Production): SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., 1962, USGS BULL. 1126, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL 1126, 76 P.
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