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Blue Bird No.1,Granite,& Nighthawk

The Blue Bird No.1,Granite,& Nighthawk is a uranium mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,559 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

Name: Blue Bird No.1,Granite,& Nighthawk

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.6011, -116.94580

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Blue Bird No.1,Granite,& Nighthawk MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Bird No.1,Granite,& Nighthawk
Secondary: Red Hill Claim
Secondary: Red Hill Mine 1956
Secondary: Darrough Claims 1956
Secondary: Hideo Claims 1976
Secondary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Belmont Nos. 1 & 2
Secondary: Belmont Extension
Secondary: Blue Bird No. 1
Secondary: Granite Nos. 1-14
Secondary: Falcon Prospect
Secondary: Hot No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Hot Nos. 1-20
Secondary: Hot Nos. 1-16, 21-97, 99-103
Secondary: Ace Nos. 1-74
Secondary: Hot Claims
Secondary: Hot No. 1 Nighthawk
Secondary: Hot Claim Group
Secondary: Blue Bird Group 1956
Secondary: Night Hawk 1954
Secondary: Hot Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 89.

Reference (Deposit): (GARSIDE).

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION PRELIMINARY RECONN.

Reference (Deposit): REPORTS 3661, 3638 AND 3639.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984,

Reference (Deposit): P. 21-23, KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY.

Reference (Deposit): TONOPAH TIMES - BONANZA NEWPAPER, TONOPAH, NV, MAY 25, 1956

Reference (Deposit): ARTICLE.

Reference (Deposit): AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.