Mine detail: Bird Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

30.3427, -103.51686

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Quartz, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Capitan Formation
Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Limestone
Associated rock:	Intrusive Breccia
Associated type:	Syenite,Mafic Intrusive Rock
Alteration processes:	Kaolinitization, Sericitization, Local Chloritization, Silicification (Jasperoid Formation), Iron And Manganese Oxide Gossans

References

MRDS	W701337
DEP	10085707
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.