The Bluebird Mine is a tungsten mine located in Cochise county, Arizona at an elevation of 5,249 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: 5,249 Feet (1,600 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 32.0667, -110.08890
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Bluebird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluebird Mine
Secondary: Primos Group
Secondary: Bluebird Hill
Secondary: Dividend Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Arizona
County: Cochise
District: Cochise District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Primos Chemical Co
Info Year: 1973
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1898
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
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: Pyrite
Unknown: Huebnerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): USGS MRDS ID NO. REFERS TO THE PRIMOS GROUP. ADDITIONAL NUMBERS INCLUDE M050028 (BLUEBIRD) AND M050026 (DIVIDEND TUNNEL). PROPERTY IS ALSO IN T15S, R22E, SECS. 26, 27, AND 34. THE DIVIDEND TUNNEL IS ON THE SAME GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AS THE BLUEBIRD, BUT IS LOCATED 3000 FT TO THE NE. THE TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER MAKE UP THE PRIMOS GROUP. THE BULK OF THE DATA AVAILABLE ON THE PRIMOS GROUP IS INCLUDED HERE, BUT THE DIVIDEND TUNNEL IS ALSO IN THE DATA BASE UNDER SEQ, NO. 0040030128.
References
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 416, 1964, 196 PP., 13 PLATES.
Reference (Deposit): THE DRAGOON QUADRANGLE, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA. U.S.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J.R. AND L.T. SILVER. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
Reference (Deposit): KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 55
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