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Blue Bird Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071916
MRDS ID W015687
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Bird, Easlie Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.68, 43.89694 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 3.25 MI SW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mackay Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 023E 36 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Knob Limestone
    Rock description White Knob Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.68, 43.89694
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Or Sheared Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1939 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO: USBM MINERAL YEARBOOK FOR 1938 , P. 335 - 358.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 97, 1917, P. 97.

  • Production

    USBM, 1939, MINERAL YEARBOOK FOR 1938

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-4, NO. 574, P. 239.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1995-03-01 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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