Mine detail: Blue Bird Mine

Previously called 'Blue Jay Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.56974, -105.28112

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Structure:Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:Malachite, Iron Oxides

References

MRDSD006737
DEP10011665
ReferencePATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.