The Bird Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.09889, -113.80944
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Bird Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bird Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): EXTENSION OF VEIN ON SOUTHERN CONFEDERATE CLAIM
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW TRENCHES, 20 FT SHAFT WITH DRIFTING ALONG STRIKE, SEVERAL SMALLER WORKINGS TO NE.
Comment (Location): SE NW OF SW UNSURVEYED, ADJOINS SO. CONFEDERATE CLAIM ON NE
Comment (Production): OCCURRED IN 1926
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): DOELLING, H.H., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 17
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1935 THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: UGS PP. 177
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT UTAH: USGS PP. 177
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