Blue Bird

The Blue Bird is a uranium mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 5,518 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Mas 4 1023

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns 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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Leslie S. Weeks

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp

Type: L
Description: West Flank Of Anticline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Bleaching

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: V2O5 0.01 PERCENT.
Analytical Data: CU 0.08 TO 3.15 PERCENT
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLES U3O8 0.04 TO 0.09 PERCENT

Materials

Ore: Torbernite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Clay

Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 ; NE 1/4 ; SW 1/4 ; OF SECTION 14

Comment (Deposit): WEST EDGE OF SHINARUMP CHANNEL IN LOWER 2 FEET.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, EACH 50 - 60 FT. IN LENGTH

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1950S

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION AT OR JUST ABOVE MOENKOPI-SHINARUMP CONTACT.

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, 1967

Reference (Deposit): DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 1229 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .

Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULLETIN 1229

Reference (Deposit): 1967 MINEMAP UGMS SP. ST. 22

Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM - MAS

Reference (Production): USBM - MAS 4

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