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Arizona · Pinal County

Bluebird Mine

Source Corroborated Lead Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits

Key facts

State
Arizona
County
Pinal
Mining district
Bunker Hill District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Lead
Verification
Source Corroborated

Also known as

  • Blue Bird Mine

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • 2 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Oak Grove Canyon , 1972
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Source Corroborated

Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Calcite
  • Chlorite
  • Limonite
  • Psilomelane
  • Quartz
  • Tourmaline
  • Anglesite
  • Bornite
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  • Calcite
  • Chlorite
  • Limonite
  • Psilomelane
  • Quartz
  • Tourmaline
  • Anglesite
  • Bornite
  • Cerargyrite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Covellite
  • Descloizite
  • Galena
  • Malachite
  • Pyrite
  • Silver
  • Sphalerite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Tennantite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Wolframite
  • Wulfenite

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (2)
  • mapped adit symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

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Documented shaft evidence