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Blue Bird Mine

Past Producer in Lawrence county in South Dakota, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055618
MRDS ID SD02218
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Minnesota Ridge Mining Co., Red Squirrel Mine, Minnesota Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.67557, 44.16302 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF GIMLET CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lawrence(county)

South Dakota(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rapid City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rapid(hydrologic unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cheyenne(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Black Hills 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 South Dakota Lawrence

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Black Hills 002N 004E 06 South Dakota

Comments on the location information

  • THE GROUP CENTERS IN SECTION 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.67557, 44.16302
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip STEEPLY EAST
    Thickness 10.67M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pyrite Mineralization Along Shear Zone And Accompanying Shoots

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rochford District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Black Hills National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gfc Corp. Of Buffalo, N. Y.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Minnesota Ridge Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^11.76 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 332g
  • Year 1935
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 29 Oz Silver
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 818.8g
  • Year 1937
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^25.69 Oz Gold
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 725.4g

Comments on the production information

  • EXPERIMENTAL MILL RUNS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT 650 FT LONG WITH 600 FT DRIFTING ON THE 300 FT LEVEL; 22 FT WINZE EXTENDS BELOW THIS LEVEL. A SHAFT REACHES THE 200 FT LEVEL - EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM IT IS ON 75-, 150-, 200 - FT LEVELS

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS. NEW DEAL MINING COMPANY LEASED 6 CLAIMS INCLUDING THESE 3 ; ECON.COM: 10 - STAMP AMALGAMATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

  • Production

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1954, BLACK HILLS MINERAL ATLAS, SOUTH DAKOTA: PART I, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7688

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Barari, Rachel A. U.S. Geological Survey

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