| Deposit ID | 10287271 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080130015 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Bird Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bluebird Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.53365, 39.99638 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 340 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Boulder(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nederland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)
South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Boulder |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Franklinite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -105.53365, 39.99638 |
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| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Grand Island Area |
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| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Blue Bird Mining Co |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. C. V. Doughett |
| Home office | Texas |
| Year | 1974 |
| Year | 1875 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Length | 330M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080130015 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC02857 | From duplicate record for deposit |
MINE MAP REPO # 405072, 405094 REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PL
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 07-JUN-0007 | Melton, Greg | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.