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Blue Bird Mine

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101846
MRDS ID D010306
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.89612, 38.75945 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S 34 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 067W 09 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF ST. PETERS DOME. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR APPROX CENTER SEC. 09. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Columbite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.89612, 38.75945
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Donald A. Pence
    Home office Colorado Springs, Co.
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • SITE PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED U ORE AND LATER WAS INTENDED TO BE SOURCE OF NB AND POSSIBLY BE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979,GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.

  • Deposit

    FINLAY, G.I., 1916, DESCRIPTION OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 203.

  • Deposit

    STEVEN, T.A., 1949, GEOLOGY AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE ST. PETERS DOME DISTRICT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 6, P. 259-284.

  • Deposit

    PEARL, R.M., 1965, COLORADO GEM TRAILS AND MINERAL GUIDE: DENVER, SAGE BOOKS, P. 171-180.

  • Deposit

    OVER, EDWIN, JR., 1929, SOME MINERAL LOCALITIES OF EL PASO COUNTY: ROCKS AND MINERALS, V.4, NO. 4, P. 106-107.

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIKES PEAK GRANITE INTRUDED BY GENERALLY NE-TRENDING PEGMATITES AND PLUGS OF FAYALITE GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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