Yellow Bird

The Yellow Bird is a tungsten mine located in Millard county, Utah at an elevation of 8,100 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: Yellow Bird  

State:  Utah

County:  Millard

Elevation: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 39.18972, -113.37528

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Yellow Bird MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Bird
Secondary: Rainbow


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: Utah
County: Millard
District: House Range


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


Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Owner Name: Notch Peak Minerals


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: The Area Is A Limestone Roof Pendant Domed Up By The Intrusive. It Is Also A Titled (Se) Fault Block


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Idocrase


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS 1/4 1/4 1/4 NOT SURVEYED

Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE UP TO DATE

Comment (Workings): RAINBOW PIT IS 50 FT X 25 FT X 20 FT DEEP, THE YELLOWBIRD PIT IS 75 FT X 15 FT X 8 FT DEEP

Comment (Geology): TUNGSTEN OCCURS AS FINE DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE POWDER.

Comment (Production): FIGURE #1 IS FOR RAINBOW MINE, FIGURE #2 IS FOR YELLOWBIRD


References

Reference (Deposit): 1908 RECON WALCOTT, C.D., SMITHSONIAN MIS COLL. V.53

Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON WHEELER, H.E., UGMS GUIDEBOOK #6

Reference (Production): EVERETT, F.D., 1961.

Reference (Deposit): EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): HINTZE, L.F., 1974, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE NOTCH PEAK QUADRANGLE MILLARD COUNTY, UTAH: USGS MF-636

Reference (Deposit): EVERETT, F.D., 1961, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR #8014

Reference (Deposit): 1876 RECON GILBERT, G.K., 100TH MERIDIAN RPT. V.3


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