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Bluebird Mine

Occurrence in Graham county in Arizona, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067567
MRDS ID W000352
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Mine
Related records 10234204, 10186601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.72177, 32.66928 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 10 MILES SW-W OF GERONIMO, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Graham(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-San Carlos Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Graham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 009S 026E 6 E OF SE Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Glaucodot Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.72177, 32.66928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE DIKES IN PREC GRANITE ; GEOL.DESC: COBALTITE, GLAUCODOT, PYRITE IN SHORT EN ECHELON LENSES, CUT BY SHEAR ZONES AND LATER CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE VEINLETS. ENTIRE ZONE ABOUT 400 FT. LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1962
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Cobalt Co 1.1 wt-pct Cobalt Trace 1962

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT MUCH CHANCE OF EXTENSIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VHAY, J. S., 1952, COBALT RESOURCES, CHAPT. V1 IN MATERIALS SURVEY: COBALT, NATIONAL SECURITY RESOURCES BOARD, US DEPT. OF COMMERCE, P. 56

  • Deposit

    BILBREY, J. H., JR., 1962, BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103, P. 28

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M. FILES

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103, P. 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD #M002043 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS REPORT-G.L. SHAFFER, 2/75 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Laraba, Peter (Gest, Don E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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