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Blue Bird Mines

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015671
MRDS ID DB01761
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mines
Related records 10251206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.46642, 41.93491 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF ONEMILE GUARD STA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Standrod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grouse Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 014N 014W 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP YIELDED 13.5 OZ. SILVER, 5 PERCENT LEAD, NO COPPER, ZINC, AND A TRACE OF GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Elba Quartzite, Schist Member;Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin;Ord Pogonip Formation (Metamorphosed)
    Rock description Elba Quartzite, Schist Mbr.;Camb Quartzite Of Clarks Basin;Ord Pogonip Formation (Metamorphosed)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.46642, 41.93491
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raft River Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yost

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Bird Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLUDES SOME CUTS AND 3 ADITS; 73 FT, 92 FT. AND 122 FT. IN LENGTH AND A 50 FOOT SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS FILES

  • Deposit

    COMPTON, R. R., 1975 , GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PARK VALLEY QUADRANGLE: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-873

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOLMAP COMPTON MAP I-87

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN SCATTERED VEINS OVER 1/2 MILE DISTANCE, MOST VEINS ABOUT 6 INCHES THICK. DIP RANGES 40 TO 50 DEG. NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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