Bluebird

The Bluebird is a mine located in Powell county, Montana at an elevation of 5,518 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: Bluebird
Secondary: Blue Bird
Secondary: Brooklyn

Commodity

Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Montana
County: Powell
District: Elliston 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: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADES ARE FROM 705, GOLDEN ANCHOR, PROD STATS. TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR,SEE BACKUP

References

Reference (Deposit): RUPPEL,1963,USGS BULL.1151,PL.1

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE AND SCHRADER,1933,USGS BULL.842,P.269

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTSON,1956,UNPUB PHD,U OF WASHINGTON,P 267-269,FIG 101

Reference (Deposit): MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL.98,P 10

Principal Gold Districts of Montana

In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.