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Blue Bird Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044325
MRDS ID M231723
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.83033, 38.92827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1.43 MILES SE OF BROWN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brown Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Mild

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Riepe Spring, Ely Limestone, Newark Canyon
    Rock description Riepe Spring, Ely Limestone, Newark Canyon
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.83033, 38.92827
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Axis Of Overturned Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Intersection Of N-Trending Normal Fault With Cross-Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER PROSPECTS EXTEND FOR 1.5 MILES ALONG N-TRENDING ZONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pancake Range

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF"STRIPPINGS",SHALLOW CUTS, AND AN OLD SHALLOW SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANASTOMOSING VEINLETS, FRACTURE FILLINGS, AND COATINGS OF SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS
Deposit NO INFORMATION ON THE PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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