Bluebird Mine

Producer in Yavapai county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  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 10048075
MRDS ID M800050
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluebird, Etc, Gold King Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.31935, 34.24116 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROWN KING, ARIZONA, Within 500 Feet Of Probable Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown King(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Agua Fria(hydrologic unit)

Lower Gila-Agua Fria(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Prescott 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 Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 010N 001W 01 NW Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN MULDOON GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic
    Chronological age 1720
    Dating method U-Pb (zircon)
    Type of media Zircon
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Iron Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.31935, 34.24116

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Foliation Trends N25e
Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Parallel Regional Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 70W AVERAGE
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS VEIN WHICH CUTS PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND SCHIST. IGNEOUS ROCKS OF CRET-PALEO AGE ARE CLOSE TO DEPOSIT AND OCCUR TO SOUTH AT CROWN KING, ARIZONA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1922
Year of last production 1927

Mining district

District name Tiger District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cc Clark, Ma Strain
    First year 1927
  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold Block.
    Home office 1235 Poplar Drive, Prescott, Az
    First year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABGMT-USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES

  • Deposit

    AZ DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILES

  • Deposit

    DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, U. OF AZ, 150 PGS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-81 Dewitt, Ed H. Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Arizona resources

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