Mine detail: Blue Bird Mine

Previously called 'Bluebird Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.01296, -112.59089

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese, Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Rhodochrosite, Silver, Sphalerite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1881

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Boulder Batholith
Tectonic:Boulder Batholith

References

MRDSW015577
DEP10089287
Reference{Deposit:: WEED, W. H., EMMONS, S. F., AND TOWER, G. W., 1897, BUTTE SPECIAL FOLIO (MONTANA): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 38}{Deposit:: SWALLOW, G. C., AND TREVARTHEN, J. B., 1890, REPORTS OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES AND DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF MINES FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDING NOV. 30, 1889: JOUR. PUB. CO., HELENA, MONTANA}{Deposit:: ANONYMOUS, NO DATE, REPORT ON BLUE BIRD MINE: ON FILE AT MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BUTTE.}{Deposit:: CONROW, J. M., NO DATE, BLUEBIRD MINE: ON FILE AT MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BUTTE}{Production:: ANONYMOUS, NO DATE, BLUE BIRD MINE}
ReporterBawden, Kimberly A.; R. B. Berg