Bluebird Mine

The Bluebird Mine is a gold mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,650 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 Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 32.41333, -108.53444

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Bluebird Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bluebird Mine
Secondary: Bluebird Tungsten Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Gold Hill District: Engineer Canyon Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Harry Wallace And Norman Reese
Years: 1950 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035.

Comment (Production): DALE AND MCKINNEY ESTIMATED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF GOLD ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE OLD WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1900. ABOUT FIVE TONS ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT THE MINE DURING THE 1950'S AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE PILE ASSAYED ABOUT 0.4 OZ AU/TON AND 0.5 % WO3..

Comment (Deposit): TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 105 FT. DEEP AND SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND ADITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 125

Reference (Deposit): DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 15-17

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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