Mine detail: Bluebird Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.13375, -116.48827

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Antimony, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation-Limy Argillite And Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Wallace Formation Crumpled; Vein Cut By Faulting
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Bleaching, Sericite

References

MRDS	W007758
DEP	10107290
Reference	{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.}{Deposit:: SAMPSON, E., 1928, GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET, NO. 31, 25 P.}{Deposit:: GREEN, W.R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P.}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD, AUG. 4 , 1976}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.