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Blue Bird Mine

Prospect in Costilla county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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  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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011665
MRDS ID D006737
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28112, 37.56974 (WGS84)
Elevation 2633
Relative position 1.05 MILES N 18 E OF RUSSELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Costilla(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alamosa-Trinchera(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Costilla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 028S 071W 36 NW OF SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALTHOUGH DISTRICT ACTUALLY IS IN UNSURVEYED PRIVATE LAND GRANT, SECTIONS REPORTED ARE BASED ON PATTON AND OTHERS (1910) MAP RATHER THAN PROJECTIONS FROM ADJACENT QUADS. LAT-LONG AND ELEVATIONS DETERMINED FROM TOPO QUAD. MINE OR CLAIM LIE ON NE SIDE OF SANGRE DE CRISTO CREEK 0.9 MILE ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH PLACER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite, Iron Oxides

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28112, 37.56974
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike FAULT ZONE N 20 W
    Dip FAULT ZONE 75 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grayback (Russell) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trinchera (Estate)
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GNEISS AND SCHIST IN FAULT CONTACT WITH MINTURN FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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