Blue Bird Prospect

Occurrence in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047833
MRDS ID M700157
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Prospect
Related records 10180531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.17007, 45.74731 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 11 MI NORTH OF PRINDLE; ABOUT 7.25 MI NORTH OF BOBS MOUNTAIN, Estimated Along Blue Bird Creek

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bobs Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003N 005E 15 SE4 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 0.5 MI UP BLUE BIRD CREEK FROM ITS CONFLUENCE WITH SHIRT CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM SMALL STOCKPILE OF QUARTZ SHOWED 0.20% CU, 0.25 OZ/TON AG, TR AU.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Skamania Volcanics;Silver Star Pluton
    Rock description Skamania Volcanics;Silver Star Pluton

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.17007, 45.74731

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Washougal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, CAVED

Comments on development

  • THERE ARE REMAINS OF A SMALL CONCENTRATING MILL THAT BURNED IN THE 1920'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN IN FINE-GRAINED GRANODIORITE IS AS THICK AS 2 FT BUT PINCHES IN MANY PLACES TO LESS THAN 0.25 IN. ALSO, SOME NARROW QUARTZ STRINGERS IN ANDESITE, EXPOSED BY THE LOWER ADIT. ALTHOUGH MALACHITE COATS FRACTURE SURFACES IN THE ADIT, NO COPPER SULFIDE MINERALS ARE VISIBLE
Deposit LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN (1977). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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