Bird

The Bird is a mine located in Yakima county, Washington at an elevation of 5,640 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

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Site Name

Primary: Bird
Secondary: Copper Mining Co. - 0530770107
Secondary: Clara - 0530770026

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Washington
County: Yakima
District: Bumping Lake District

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite

Comments

Comment (Names): U.S.G.S. BULL. 1504 DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION THIS PROPERTY AS THE CLARA, BUT IT IS THE SAME PROSPECT. THE CORRELATION OF THESE WAS DONE BY WFOC, 1994.

References

Reference (Deposit): 23.

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINE AND GEOL. BULLETIN 34, 1945, P. 81-82; PLATE

Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, 1983, P. 59-63.

Reference (Deposit): P. 350.

Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

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