Mine detail: Blue Bird Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.97019, -113.457

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper
Gangue: Barite, Chalcedony, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1911

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Argillite
Alteration processes:Oxidized, Bleaching

References

MRDSW015774
DEP10105782
Reference{Deposit:: SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDAR, W. S., 1962, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM-BEARING DEPOSITS OF THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, AND BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA: USGS BULL 1126, 76 P.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M. H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THORIUM-BEARING VEINS, LEMHI PASS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS BULL 1351, 94 P.}{Deposit:: 1962 RECON W. N. SHARP AND W. S. CAVENDAR, BULL 1126}{Deposit:: 1972 RECON STAATZ, M. H., BULL 1351}{Production:: SHARP, W. N., AND CAVENDER, W. S., 1962, USGS BULL. 1126, P. 52.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)