Bluebird

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112497
MRDS ID A011453
MAS/MILS ID 0020860031
Record type Site
Current site name Bluebird
Alternate or previous names Whistler Lode, Whistler
Related records 10000804

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -146.61316, 61.12569 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez A-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eastern Prince William Sound(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shoup Bay State Marine Park(State Marine Park)

State Marine Park ST(Type of land area)

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 008 S 008 W 35 S2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -146.61316, 61.12569

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 881017

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • USGS CRIB A003846 Workings reportedly consist of a crosscut adit 30.5 m. long with a 3.1 m. drift at the face and a 3.1 m.-long adit west of the vein, and open cuts on the vein.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-067

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 086-068

  • Deposit

    B520h pp. 120, 123

  • Deposit

    B542c p. 35

  • Deposit

    B592k p. 239

  • Deposit

    B622j p. 182

  • Deposit

    B662h p. 191

  • Deposit

    MF438

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 66, 68.

  • Deposit

    OF79-1241 167 pp.

  • Deposit

    MR32

  • Deposit

    OF82-1029 33 pp.

  • Deposit

    B1139 363 pp.

  • Deposit

    MIRL 27 p. 102.

  • Deposit

    BMOF69-73

  • Deposit

    OF80-892B

  • Deposit

    MLA5-84 218pp., (locality V-51)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUL-1995 Mirl-Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.