Red Bird

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095811
MRDS ID MP00249
Record type Site
Current site name Red Bird
Alternate or previous names Bird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.35701, 46.79399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1608
Relative position 70 MI FROM YAKIMA; ABOUT 4 MI SOUTH OF BUMPING LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumping Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015N 012E 18 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. SOUTH OF BIRD LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result UPPER ADIT AVERAGE, 0.75% WO3
Result LOWER ADIT AVERAGE, 0.1% WO3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bumping Lake Pluton;Bumping Lake Pluton
    Rock description Bumping Lake Pluton;Bumping Lake Pluton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.35701, 46.79399

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N80W
    Dip 50-70NE
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bumping Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Snoqualmie Natinal Forest Cherry Stem Into William O. Douglas Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Copper Mining Co. (Pre-
    Last year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 210.31M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 9 CUTS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL TO DIVERGENT QUARTZ VEINLETS IN HYDROTHEMALLY ALTERED SHEAR ZONE. PROBABLY SAME MINERALIZING SYSTEM AS THAT AT NEW FIND
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD D001421

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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