Mine detail: Blue Bird Claim

Previously called 'Greenwood Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.18751, -105.29251

Resource(B)

Primary:	Thorium, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Thorite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Gabbro
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gabbro
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones; Two Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008921
DEP	10087744
Reference	{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F, AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 17-19}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1:24,000}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.