The Bird is a mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 5,640 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: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.7925, -121.36190
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Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bird
Secondary: Copper Mining Co. - 0530770107
Secondary: Clara - 0530770026
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Yakima
District: Bumping Lake 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Comments
Comment (Names): U.S.G.S. BULL. 1504 DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION THIS PROPERTY AS THE CLARA, BUT IT IS THE SAME PROSPECT. THE CORRELATION OF THESE WAS DONE BY WFOC, 1994.
References
Reference (Deposit): 23.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINE AND GEOL. BULLETIN 34, 1945, P. 81-82; PLATE
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, 1983, P. 59-63.
Reference (Deposit): P. 350.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
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