Bluebird Claims

The Bluebird Claims is a silver and copper mine located in Pershing county, Nevada.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Bluebird Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2575

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Barium-Barite

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Indian 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Keratophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2575 OF SERICITIZED LIMERICK KERATOPHYRE,DUMP GRAB WITH QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE, CONTAIN-S 5 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.03 % TI, 150 PPM MN, 200 PPM- AG, 200 PPM AS, 100 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 100 PPM BI, 5 PPM CO, -10 PPM CR, 20000 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB,-10 PPM CR, 20000 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 15000 PPM PB, 2000 PPM SB,- 500 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, 1000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Tenorite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tetrahedrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBILITY IS POOR; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Deposit): ONE METER WIDE QUARTZ VEIN IN LIMERICK KERATOPHYRE. VEIN CONTAINS CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, TETRAHEDRITE. OXIDES INCLU-DE CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, TENORITE, AZURITE, AND PB-SB OXIDES-. WALLROCK IS SERICITIZED.

Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS, BULLDOZER TRENCH

References

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1936, USBM IC 6902, P. 18-19.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ET AL., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNIONVILLE QUADRANGLE, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-820

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR.,28 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 85-3, 1985

Nevada Gold

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.