Mine detail: Bluebird Mine

Previously called 'Blue Bird Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.76316, -110.47124

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Vanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Manganese
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Descloizite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1914, 1918-1930, 1939-1940

Geology

Host rock:	Copper Creek Granodiorite
Host type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	Block Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Faulting Trending Nnw., N60e Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Sericitization. Slight Oxidation Of Cu And Fe Minerals. Wall Rock Partially Altered To Kaolin, Sericite, And Chlorite.

References

MRDS	M050123
DEP	10039466
Reference	{Deposit:: SIMONS, F.S., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461.}{Deposit:: KUHN, T.H., 1951, ARIZ.BUR.MINES BULL 158, GEOL. SER. 19, P. 56-65.}{Deposit:: GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1959, MINERALS OF ARIZONA, 3 ED. UNIV. ARIZONA PRESS.}{Deposit:: GUTHRIE AND MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 25-31.}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 5, P. 529.}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1938, ABM BULL 145, P. 127-130.}{Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: KUHN, 1951}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R., Harner, Joy L. (Peterson, Jo), Orris, Greta J.