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Blue Bird Mine

Past Producer in Santa Cruz county in Arizona, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10026772
MRDS ID M000180
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names De La Ossa and Lemas
Related records 10234376

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.53761, 31.46486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position SW OF CANCLO HILLS, Utm'S Est. To Center Of Sect. 5, No Indication Of Mine On Topo

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canelo Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Santa Cruz(hydrologic unit)

Santa Cruz(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Coronado 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 Arizona Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 023S 018E 5 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1965)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.53761, 31.46486
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Rock District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN WW1 AND IN EARLY 1950'S, PRODUCING A FEW TENS OF TONS OF SORTED 40-42 % MN

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OPEN CUT OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, INDEX OF MINING PROPERTIES IN SANTA CRUZ CO., ARIZ., ARIZ. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 191, P. 8

  • Production

    KEITH, S.B., 1975, P. 82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN OXIDES IN NARROW STRINGERS AND IRREGULAR PODS IN FRACTURES AND BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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