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Blue Bird Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012453
MRDS ID D008093
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.0981, 46.66851 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 9.3 KM NNW OF HELENA'S CITY HALL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scratchgravel Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 004W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF NETTIE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Rock description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.0981, 46.66851
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Scratchgravel Quartz Monzonite Stock

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Scratchgravel Hills District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Robinson

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS AT $49.00-54.00/TON AG PB

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • FLOODED SHAFT, 40 FOOT CROSSCUT AT BOTTOM.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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