Mine detail: Bird Mine

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Location: Brewster County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.3427, -103.51686
dep_id: 10085707
mrds_id: W701337
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Kaolinitization, Sericitization, Local Chloritization, Silicification (Jasperoid Formation), Iron And Manganese Oxide Gossans
conc_proc: Replacement
ore_ctrl: Localized By E-W Faults Intruded By Altered Dikes That Intersect Solution Channels Developed Along N-S Fractures.
Reporter: Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.
hrock_unit: Capitan Formation
hrock_type: Mafic Intrusive Rock,Limestone
arock_unit: Intrusive Breccia
arock_type: Syenite,Mafic Intrusive Rock
disc_yr: 1885
discr: J.C. Bird
References:
  • Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.
  • Deposit:: UNIV TEX PUB 4301 P. 31-33.
  • Deposit:: EVANS (1975) TXBEG MRC-56
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ITEM 1 AND 2: UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 31; ITEM 3: EVANS (1975)
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