Blue Bird Prospect

The Blue Bird Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,260 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 Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Mineral

Elevation: 7,260 Feet (2,213 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 38.52528, -117.80139

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Blue Bird Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Bird Prospect
Secondary: Billingham Mine ?


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Bell District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Billingham, G. R.
Home Office: Hawthorne, Nv
Years: 1961 -


Production

Year: 1956
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Less Than 0.3 Percent Wo3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Cedar Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN PIT.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58, TABLE 6.1

Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER H.K., (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)


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.