| Deposit ID | 10185472 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M050028 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0040030102 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bluebird Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Primos Group, Bluebird Hill, Dividend Tunnel |
| Related records | 10039399 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.08956, 32.06682 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1600 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Cochise(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dragoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tucson(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Willcox Playa(hydrologic unit)
San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Cochise |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 016 S | 022 E | 03 | SW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Beryllium Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Huebnerite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Scheelite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | Early Tertiary to Late Cretaceous granitic rocks |
|---|
| Strike | N50E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 39S | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 4.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 244M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 183M | ||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1898 |
| Year of first production | 1900 |
| District name | Cochise District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Primos Chemical Co |
| Year | 1973 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040030102 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M050028 | MAS references MRDS |
KEITH S B 1973 ARIZ BUR MINES BULL 187 P 55
COOPER, J.R. AND L.T. SILVER. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF
THE DRAGOON QUADRANGLE, COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZONA. U.S.
GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 416, 1964, 196 PP., 13 PLATES.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | USGS MRDS ID NO. REFERS TO THE PRIMOS GROUP. ADDITIONAL NUMBERS INCLUDE M050028 (BLUEBIRD) AND M050026 (DIVIDEND TUNNEL). PROPERTY IS ALSO IN T15S, R22E, SECS. 26, 27, AND 34. THE DIVIDEND TUNNEL IS ON THE SAME GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AS THE BLUEBIRD, BUT IS LOCATED 3000 FT TO THE NE. THE TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER MAKE UP THE PRIMOS GROUP. THE BULK OF THE DATA AVAILABLE ON THE PRIMOS GROUP IS INCLUDED HERE, BUT THE DIVIDEND TUNNEL IS ALSO IN THE DATA BASE UNDER SEQ, NO. 0040030128. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 23-SEP-91 | Admr | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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