Bluebird Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Tungsten
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101436
MRDS ID D003322
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluebird Tungsten Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53506, 32.41345 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position ABOUT 29 MILES S 31 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 016W 06,07 SW (06); NW (07) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53506, 32.41345

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs In Quartz Veins Along Fractures And At Intersects Of Fractures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1900

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Engineer Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry Wallace And Norman Reese
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • DALE AND MCKINNEY ESTIMATED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF GOLD ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE OLD WORKINGS PRIOR TO 1900. ABOUT FIVE TONS ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT THE MINE DURING THE 1950'S AND ACCORDING TO THE OWNER A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE PILE ASSAYED ABOUT 0.4 OZ AU/TON AND 0.5 % WO3..

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1959 CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT ABOUT 105 FT. DEEP AND SEVERAL INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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