Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryVanadium, Zinc, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Manganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlSub-Parallel En Echelon Fissures.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Descloizite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stromeyerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite, Wolframite, Wulfenite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Limonite, Psilomelane, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Andesite · Copper Creek Granodiorite
StructureBlock Faulting Trending Nnw. ; Reg.Trends: Minor Pre-Cretaceous E And Ne Trending Folds And Major Post-Cretaceous Faulting Trending Nnw., N60e Trending Faults
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSericitization. Slight Oxidation Of Cu And Fe Minerals. Wall Rock Partially Altered To Kaolin, Sericite, And Chlorite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1914, 1918-1930, 1939-1940
Discovery year1863
Identification
Deposit ID10039466
MRDS IDM050123
Alternate namesBlue Bird Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.76316, -110.47124
References
SIMONS, F.S., 1964, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 461.KUHN, T.H., 1951, ARIZ.BUR.MINES BULL 158, GEOL. SER. 19, P. 56-65.GALBRAITH, F.W., AND BRENNAN, D.J., 1959, MINERALS OF ARIZONA, 3 ED. UNIV. ARIZONA PRESS.GUTHRIE AND MOORE, 1978, AZ GEOL SOC DIGEST, V. 11, P. 25-31.KUHN, 1941, ECON GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 5, P. 529.KUHN, 1938, ABM BULL 145, P. 127-130.1964 GEOLMAP SIMONS, F.S. PROF. PAPER 461CIMRIKUHN, 1951