Blue Bird Mine

The Blue Bird Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Pinal county, Arizona at an elevation of 4,600 feet.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Blue Bird Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: Arizona
County: Pinal
District: Bunker Hill District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1863
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: PINCH & SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: N60e Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolin, Sericite, And Chlorite In Walls For A Few Feet From Vein

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age in Years: 68.000000+-
Age Young: Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Psilomelane
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1964

Comment (Production): ALSO PRODUCED $150,000 UP TO 1920; WORKED INTERMITTENTLY DURING 19 14, 1918-1930, 1939-1940, 1947-1948

Comment (Deposit): COPPER CONTENT INCREASES WITH DEPTH

Comment (Deposit): THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030468 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): DUPLICATE RECORD D000102 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT 535 FT DEEP AND 7 LEVELS WITH NEARLY 5000 FT OF WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V. 11, P. 25-31

Reference (Deposit): KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOLOGY, V 36, NO. 5, P. 529

Reference (Deposit): KUHN, 1951, ABM BULL 158, P. 56-65

Reference (Deposit): KUHN, 1938, ABM BULL 145, P. 127-130

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI

Reference (Production): SIMONS, 1964, P. 132;

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