Colorado · Costilla County
Prospect
Blue Bird Mine
Costilla County, Colorado, United States
Copper
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Underground
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Geology
Structure
Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration
Malachite, Iron Oxides
Economic & production
Development status
Prospect
Identification
Deposit ID
10011665
MRDS ID
D006737
Alternate names
Blue Jay Mine
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
37.56974, -105.28112
References
PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLORADO: CGS BULL. 2