Mine detail: Blue Bird Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.76316, -110.47207

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum, Vanadium, Iron
Ore:	Anglesite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Silver, Stromeyerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH & SWELL
Other material:	Limonite
Discovery year:	1863

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Andesite
Structure:	N60e Trending Faults
Alteration processes:	Kaolin, Sericite, And Chlorite In Walls For A Few Feet From Vein

References

MRDS	M030468
DEP	10103552
Reference	{Deposit:: GUTHRIE & MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST V. 11, P. 25-31}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOLOGY, V 36, NO. 5, P. 529}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1951, ABM BULL 158, P. 56-65}{Deposit:: KUHN, 1938, ABM BULL 145, P. 127-130}{Deposit:: SIMONS, 1964, USGS PP 461}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: SIMONS, 1964, P. 132;}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.