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Blue Bird

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108486
MRDS ID DC09360
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bird

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0848, 46.41878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.2 KM SW OF BIELENBERG LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 012W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • MBMG BULL 115 HAS MINE IN SEC. 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Royal Stock
    Rock description Royal Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.0848, 46.41878
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Royal Stock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton (South Boulder Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner David M. Harris
    Home office Box 296, Philipsburg, Mt. 59858
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walkup, Ben
    Home office Philipsburg, Mt. 59858

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2ND CROSSCUT DRIVEN ON FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 78, P. 248.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 115, P. 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CUT BY FAULT STRIKING N 10 W, DIPPING 65 E; HORIZONTAL SHAFT 50 FT N.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James 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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