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Blue Bird Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073401
MRDS ID W019465
MAS/MILS ID 0160550032
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Prospect
Alternate or previous names Elk Extension

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.62525, 47.59706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 9 MI SE OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 002W 17 E2NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Upper S Slope Of Elk Mountain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Form.-Quartzite, Slate
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Quartzite, Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • Strike W
    Dip N
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beauty Bay District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Blue Bird Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 50.29M
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on development

  • 9 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S.W., 1964, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Report No. 1, P. 223-233

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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