| Deposit ID | 10039399 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050028 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bluebird Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bluebird Hill, Primos Mine |
| Related records | 10185472 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.08399, 32.06679 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1631 |
| Relative position | 2 3/4 MILES SW OF TOWN OF JOHNSON ON NORTH SLOPE OF BLUEBIRD HILL. 4 MI. NE OF DRAGOON. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management AZ)
Bureau of Land Management AZ BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 016S | 022E | 03,09 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Quartz | Secondary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Texas Canyon | ||||
| Rock description | Texas Canyon | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.08399, 32.06679 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds & Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| District name | Bluebird District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Primos Chemical Co. |
| First year | 1973 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1910M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050028 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030102 |
COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.
WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148.
LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
5) WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.
PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.
LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375
SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.
1943 GEOLMAP KRAUSKOPF AND STOPPER, MAPPED MINE.
1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416.
CIMRI
KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS ARE NARROW, IRREGULAR IN WIDTH, OFTEN PINCH OUT ALONG STRIKE AND BRANCH OUT INTO SMALL STRINGERS. TWO MAIN SETS OF VEINS. (A) DIP OF 60 TO 70 SE (B) DIP OF 35 TO 50 SE. |
| Deposit | SEE M050208, PRIMOS GROUP. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1972 | Bergquist, Joel R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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