Blue Bird Mines

The Blue Bird Mines is a mine located in Box Elder county, Utah at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Bird Mines

Commodity

Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Utah
County: Box Elder
District: Yost

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Blue Bird Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Raft River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Raft River Uplift

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP YIELDED 13.5 OZ. SILVER, 5 PERCENT LEAD, NO COPPER, ZINC, AND A TRACE OF GOLD

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): THIN SCATTERED VEINS OVER 1/2 MILE DISTANCE, MOST VEINS ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK. DIP RANGES 40 TO 50 DEG. NW

Comment (Workings): INCLUDES SOME CUTS AND 3 ADITS; 73 FT, 92 FT. AND 122 FT. IN LENGTH AND A 50 FOOT SHAFT.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

Reference (Deposit): COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873

Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON MAP I-87

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

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