Blue Bird Mine (De la Ossa and Lemas Mine; Blue Bird Group; Townsend Plan), Redrock Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blue Bird Mine (De la Ossa and Lemas Mine; Blue Bird Group; Townsend Plan) | Mine |
| Redrock Mining District | Mining District |
| Santa Cruz County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
31° 27' 52'' North , 110° 32' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Elgin | 161 (2011) | 21.7km |
| Patagonia | 890 (2017) | 22.4km |
| Sierra Vista | 43,355 (2017) | 24.2km |
| Santa Cruz | 1,038 (2018) | 26.3km |
| Huachuca City | 1,755 (2017) | 26.4km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club | Sierra Vista, Arizona | 24km |
‡Ref.: Farnham, L.L., Stewart, L.A., and Delong, C.W. (1961), Manganese Deposits of Eastern Arizona, US Bureau of Mines Information Circular 7990: 175-176.
Keith, Stanton B. (1975), Arizona Bureau of Mines Bull. 191, Index of Mining Properties in Santa Cruz County Arizona: 82 (Table 4).
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10026772, MRDS ID #M000180; and, Dep. ID #10234376, MAS ID #0040230009.
A former small surface and underground Sb-W-Be-Mn mine located in East-central sec. 5, T.23S., R.18E, SW of the Canclo Hills, on National Forest land. Discovered 1957. Owned by De la Ossa & Lemas.
Mineralization is manganese oxides in narrow stringers and irregular pods in fractures and breccia in Jurassic welded tuff.
Workings include shaft and open cut operations. Worked in WWI and in the early 1950's, producing a few tens of tons of sorted 40-42% Mn.
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10026772 |
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- Sierra Madre OccidentalMountain Range
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- Sonoran DesertDesert
North America PlateTectonic Plate
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- Mazatzal DomainDomain
- Southern Basin and RangeWide Rift
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