Mine detail: Bluebird Mine

Previously called 'Bluebird Tungsten Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.41345, -108.53506

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Tungsten
Ore:	Galena, Gold, Scheelite, Wolframite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1900

Geology

Host type:

Schist,Gneiss,Amphibolite

References

MRDS	D003322
DEP	10101436
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 125}{Deposit:: DALE, V. B., AND MCKINNEY, W. A., 1959, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES, REPT. INV. 5517, P 15-17}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Lawrence, V. A., Menzie, David