| Deposit ID | 10103552 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M030468 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Bird Mine |
| Related records | 10138032 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.47207, 32.76316 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Relative position | 1 MI NE OF COPPER CREEK POST OFFICE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pinal(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oak Grove Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mammoth(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower San Pedro(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Pinal |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 008S | 018E | 02 | SE4 | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Bornite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Psilomelane | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Tennantite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -110.47207, 32.76316 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N60e Trending Faults |
| General form | PINCH & SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40-60E |
| Dip | 80-85E |
| Plunge | 45 DEG |
| Plunge direction | NE |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1863 |
| District name | Bunker Hill District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Overall depth | 163.07M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M030468 |
GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V. 11, P. 25-31
KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOLOGY, V 36, NO. 5, P. 529
KUHN, 1951, ABM BULL 158, P. 56-65
KUHN, 1938, ABM BULL 145, P. 127-130
SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461
CIMRI
SIMONS, 1964, P. 132;
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER CONTENT INCREASES WITH DEPTH |
| Deposit | THIS REPORT WAS TAKEN FROM RECORD M030468 OF JAN WILT IN MOLYBDENUM FILE, CONTACT PERSON T.G. THEODORE, USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE RECORD D000102 HAS BEEN DELETED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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