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Blue Bird Mine

Past Producer in Snohomish county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036752
MRDS ID M025660
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine
Related records 10229021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43954, 47.91731 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI NORTH OF GALENA, ABOUT 1.3 MI SOUTHEAST OF MINERAL BUTTE, Estimated At Adit Symbol Shown On Topo Map In Ne/4 Section About 1.5 Mi North Of Galena

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monte Cristo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 011E 18 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SIDE OF SILVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result OLD ASSAYS YIELDED 48% PB, 50 OZ/TON AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation
    Rock description Swauk Formation;Swauk Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43954, 47.91731
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip NEARLY VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Silver Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Creek Mining Co.
    Home office Index, WA
    First year 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 156.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., BOOTH, D.B., WHETTEN, J.T., WAITT, R.B., JR., AND ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 27-FT-WIDE VEIN WITH A 2 FT PAY STREAK. PARALLELS VANDALIA VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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