Bluebird

The Bluebird is a uranium mine located in Wayne county, Utah at an elevation of 5,820 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: Bluebird  

State:  Utah

County:  Wayne

Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.24972, -111.22833

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Bluebird MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bluebird
Secondary: Yellow Canary


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Utah
County: Wayne
District: Fremont District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Circle Cliffs - Teasdale Anticline


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Capitol Reef


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SEC. 36

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT INFORMATION UNKNOWN. VERY SCANTY MINERALIZATION ALONG CLIFF FACE. IN PALEO STREAM CHANNEL. NO THREE DIMENSIONAL INFO.

Comment (Workings): SMALL EXPLORATION ADIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, FRED J., JR., LYMAN C., HINRICHS, NEAL E., AND LUEDKE, ROBERT G., 1953 , GEOLOGY OF THE CAPITAL REEF AREA, WAYNE AND GARFIELD COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS PROF. PAPER 363


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