Mine detail: Bluebird Mine

Previously called 'Bluebird HillPrimos Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.06679, -110.08399

Resource(B)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1898

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Texas Canyon
Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Tertiary Block Faulting Trending Nnw ; Reg.Trends: Late Cretaceous Or Early Tertiary N To Nw Trending Folds & Thrust Faults Overriding To Ne
Tectonic:Basin & Range

References

MRDSM050028
DEP10039399
Reference{Deposit:: COOPER, J. R. AND SILVER, L. T. 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 416.}{Deposit:: WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 148.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: 5) WILSON, E.D., 1941, ARIZ. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 12, NO. 2. KEITH, S.B., 1973, ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 187, P. 55.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, MAUGER, BENNETT, AND LAUGHLIN, 1967, JGR, V. 72, P. 1361-1375}{Deposit:: SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP KRAUSKOPF AND STOPPER, MAPPED MINE.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, COOPER AND SILVER, PROF. PAPER 416.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KEITH, 1973, ARIZ. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 187.}
ReporterBergquist, Joel R., Orris, Greta J.