Bluebird Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  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 10096447
MRDS ID W019522
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hannibal
Related records 10241518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.27043, 47.48707 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
Relative position 7.5 MI SW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Crags(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 001E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1800 FT. S. OF THE GREAT DUNKER (PEARSON).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Dike Rock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.27043, 47.48707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, LENSES
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG W
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Coeur D' Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS HIGH-GRADE ORE IN BINS IN 1920 , BUT NO SHIPMENTS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 94.49M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FEW HUNDRED FT W OF SB VEIN IS 5 - FT. SHEAR ZONE WHICH TRENDS N 45 DEG W, DIPS 60 DEG SW, WITH PB AND ZN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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