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Bluebird Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090096
MRDS ID W015740
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Prospect
Related records 10266727

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6469, 44.7669 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 5.75 MI SW OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 024E 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE E OF LITTLE SAW MILL CREEK AND NEAR ITS HEAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Martite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Apple Creek Phyllite
    Rock description Apple Creek Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6469, 44.7669
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hematite Has Micaceous Or Schistose Structure; Brecciation
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ene Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Length 36.58M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Complex Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PHYLLITE TRENDS N 60 DEG W, DIPS STEEPLY NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Elizabeth Plum, Dowell Younce

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LEMHI QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 124, 111 P

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND VEIN STRIKES N 85 DEG W AND ALSO DIPS STEEPLY N; BOTH VEINS SHOULD JOIN TO THE SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-09-01 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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