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Bluebird

Occurrence in San Juan county in Utah, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089550
MRDS ID W027363
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.45958, 37.82667 (WGS84)
Elevation 3182
Relative position .9 MILES SOUTH OF ABAJO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abajo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Montezuma(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Manti-La Sal 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 Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 034S 022E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: NE 1/4 , NW 1/4 , SECTION 13 UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Laccolith
    Rock description Diorite Laccolith

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.45958, 37.82667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 85 DEG N
    Length 91.44M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Abajo Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ESTIMATE RESERVES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT (CAVED) AND THREE PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITKIND, I. J., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE ABAJO MOUNTAINS AREA, SAN JUAN CO., UTAH, U. S. G. S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 45

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON WHITKIND, I. J., GEOLOGY OF ABAJO MOUNTAINS ARE

  • Reserve-Resource

    LEE I. PERRY, 1977

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF FRACTURE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Perry, Lee I. Bureau of Land Management

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