Bluebird

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10000196
MRDS ID	A010234
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bluebird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-130.05564, 56.01449 (WGS84)
Relative position	SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Comments on the location information

THE BLUEBIRD OCCURRENCE IS IN SECTION 35 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 2350 FEET ON A WEST-FACING MOUNTAINSIDE ABOUT 0.1 MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE CONFLUENCE OF SALMON RIVER AND TEXAS CREEK (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, 1981, P. 18, LOC. 74). THE LOCATION IS ACCURATE WITHIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tungsten Critical	Primary
Copper	Primary
Molybdenum	Primary
Lead	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Scheelite	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Rock unit name Texas Creek

Rock description Texas Creek
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
Rock unit name	Texas Creek
Rock description	Texas Creek

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-130.05564, 56.01449	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Hyder

Comments on the workings information

HAND SPECIMENS OF THE SCHEELITE-BEARING VEIN CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 0.5% WO3

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	A010234
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	BC074
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D002761

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Byers, F. M., and Sainsbury, C. L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140."
Deposit

Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Deposit

Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Deposit

Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS THE TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC (GREENSTONE) METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THE DEPOSIT (BYERS AND SAINSBURY, 1956, P. 139-140) CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM ITS CONTACT WITH ROCKS OF THE HAZELTON GROUP. THE VEIN IS 4 INCHES THICK AND EXPOSED FOR ONLY A FEW FEET; IT CONTAINS SPARSELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND SCHEELITE IN THE CENTRAL PART AND MOLYBDENITE ALONG THE WALLS. HAND SPECIMENS CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 0.5% WO3.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS OCCURRENCE IS THE TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC (GREENSTONE) METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THE DEPOSIT (BYERS AND SAINSBURY, 1956, P. 139-140) CONSISTS OF A QUARTZ VEIN IN GRANODIORITE ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM ITS CONTACT WITH ROCKS OF THE HAZELTON GROUP. THE VEIN IS 4 INCHES THICK AND EXPOSED FOR ONLY A FEW FEET; IT CONTAINS SPARSELY DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND SCHEELITE IN THE CENTRAL PART AND MOLYBDENITE ALONG THE WALLS. HAND SPECIMENS CONTAIN AN ESTIMATED 0.5% WO3.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-OCT-1983	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-MAY-1998	Berg, H. C.	U.S. Geological Survey

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