Mine detail: Blue Bird

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.78408, -114.77061

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
Discovery year:	1884

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Host type:	Slate,Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures

References

MRDS	M233855
DEP	10045955
Reference	{Deposit:: SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A}{Deposit:: HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.}{Production:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1935); SMITH, R.M. (1976)}
Reporter	Weimer, Becky S.