Bluebird Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000804
MRDS ID A011453
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Prospect
Alternate or previous names Whistler
Related records 10112497

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.61506, 61.12459 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 9. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO DATA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Valdez Group
    Rock description Valdez Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Kaf

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK STRIKES ABOUT E-W, DIPS 40-60 N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Port Valdez

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK DONE ON BLUEBIRD BY 1916 INCLUDED 120 FT TUNNEL, CROSSCUT ANDA 10 FT DRIFT; NO DATA ON ANY WORKINGS AT WHISTLER CLAIM

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE BETWEEN ABOUT 1911 AND 1916; NO RECORDED PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLUEBIRD: MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE UP TO 3 M WIDE IN VALDEZ GROUP CONTAINS FRAGMENTS OF MAFIC DIKE CEMENTED BY QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND CHLORITE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA AND FREE GOLD; WHISTLER: QUARTZ VEIN WITH FRAGMENTS OF SLATE WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND FREE GOLD
Deposit DATA COMBINED FOR BLUEBIRD AND WHISTLER CLAIMS; SEE ALSO: CLIFF MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 14-APR-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PUT DIMENSION DATA INTO THE ORE BODY FIELDS FROM THE DEPOSIT COMMENTS FIELD.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.