| 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: | -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 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Arizona | Yavapai |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gila and Salt River | 010N | 001W | 01 | NW | Arizona |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Crazy Basin Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -112.31935, 34.24116 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Trends N25e |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Veins Parallel Regional Foliation |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30E |
| Dip | 70W AVERAGE |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1922 |
| Year of last production | 1927 |
| District name | Tiger District |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M800050 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0040250248 |
ABGMT-USBM FILES
ABGMT CLIPPINGS FILES
AZ DEPT. OF MINERAL RESOURCES FILES
DEWITT, ED, 1976, UNPUB M.S. THESIS, U. OF AZ, 150 PGS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-81 | Dewitt, Ed H. | Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology |
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