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Bluebird

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308777
MRDS ID A010234
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird
Related records 10000196

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -130.05575, 56.01477 (WGS84)
Relative position The Bluebird occurrence is in Section 35 at an elevation of about 2350 feet on a west-facing mountainside about 0.1 mile southeast of the confluence of Salmon River and Texas Creek (Elliott and Koch, 1981, p. 18, loc. 74). The location is accurate within about a quarter of a mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Prince of Wales-Hyder(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bradfield Canal A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bradfield Canal SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bradfield Canal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

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

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -130.05575, 56.01477
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this occurrence is the Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite, which underlies and locally intrudes pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic (greenstone) metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group (Smith, 1977; Koch, 1996). The deposit (Byers and Sainsbury, 1956, p. 139-140) consists of a quartz vein in granodiorite about 1500 feet from its contact with rocks of the Hazelton Group. The vein is 4 inches thick and exposed for only a few feet; it contains sparsely disseminated pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and scheelite in the central part and molybdenite along the walls. Hand specimens contain an estimated 0.5% WO3.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Hyder

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Hand specimens of the scheelite-bearing vein contain an estimated 0.5% WO3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Byers and Sainsbury, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-1998 H. C. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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