Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formCRYSTALLINE TO MASSIVE
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyolite · Apache Group
Associated rockGranite · Rian Granite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1958
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10046361
MRDS IDM241498
Alternate namesBluebird Fluorspar, Packard Claims, Bluebird Mine, Tonto Basin, Walnut
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.8734, -111.22849
References
USBM FILE DATA-CLUSTER #981-BLUEBIRD FLUORSPAR.ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1971, ARIZONA FLUORSPAR, ADMR, PP. 15-16.CONWAY, C.M. 1976. PETROLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EXOLUTION OF A PRECAMBRIAN VOLLANIC AND PLUTONIC COMPLEX, TONTO BASIN, GILA COUNTY ARIZONA, PHD THESIS."MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM: ARIZONA FLUORSPAR", ARIZONA DMR, MARCH 1976, USBM R.I. 3880.VAN ALSTINE, R.E., 1969, "FLUORSPAR", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 351.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.SAWYER, M.B., GURMENDI, A.C., DALEY, M.R., AND HOWELL, S.B., 1992, PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERALS IN ARIZONA: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, 334 P.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.CIMRI