Mine detail: Blue Bird Mine

Previously called 'Dewitt Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.62823, -117.10789

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Galena, Lead, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1902

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1934

Geology

Host type:Shale,Sandstone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Sericitic

References

MRDSM231301
DEP10043988
Reference{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: USGS BULL 594.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
ReporterLi, Zhiping (Peters, S.), Flynn, Patricia Dodd