Camp Bird Mine

Site Name

Primary: Camp Bird Mine
Secondary: Camp Bird of Colorado Inc.

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Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

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Location

State: Colorado
County: Ouray
District: Sneffels

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Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

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Holdings

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Federal Resources Corp.
Company ID: 500437
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1992

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Shrinkage Methods - Overhand Shrinkage
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1900
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Rhodonite

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Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1 = M1C1 RESERVE REC 1 = MATRIX 1, COL 1 Q-P75 QUANTITY = 72560 MT/YR (ANNUAL PROD OF MINE) X 3 YRS Q-P50,-P25,-P10 = ANNUAL PRODUCTION X 8 YRS ASSAY GRADES FOR GOLD AND SILVER TAKEN FROM FEDERAL RESOURCES ANNUAL 1980 ANNUAL REPORT. PB, ZN, AND CU GRADES ARE TAKEN FROM BURMINES PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR CAMP BIRD MINE. MINE RECOVERY IS 100%, DILUTION = 0%

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References

Reference (Deposit): -------,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH SILVERTON MINI

Reference (Deposit): SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 378-A, P. A1-

Reference (Deposit): -------,1960, SILVERTON, COLORADO, IN RELATION OF ORE DEPOSI

Reference (Deposit): DOMING IN NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: GEOL. SOC. AMER. MEM

Reference (Deposit): P. 26-36

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PAPER 400-B, P. B12-B13

Reference (Deposit): BURBANK,W.S., AND LUEDKE,R.G., 1961, ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF

Reference (Deposit): AND GANGUE-FORMING SOLUTIONS, SILVERTON CALDERA, SAN JUAN

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, COLO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-C, P. C7-C11

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE,

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN COLO: USGS GEOL QUAD MAP, GQ 504 1:24000

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN S

Reference (Deposit): (GRATON-SALES VOLUMES): CHAP. 33, V. 2, 1880 P.

Reference (Deposit): -------, 1964, REVISED TERTIARY VOLCANIC SEQUENCE IN THE CEN

Reference (Deposit): JUAN MTNS COLO: USGS PROF. PAPER 475-D, P. D54-D63

Reference (Deposit): VARNES, D.J., 1947, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BLACK BEAR VE

Reference (Deposit): MIGUEL COUNTY, COLO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 15, P. 135-1

Reference (Deposit): -------,ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC DEFORMATION ACCORDING TO VON MIS

Reference (Deposit): THEORY WITH APPLICATION TO THE SOUTH SILVERTON AREA, SAN

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1960, PRE-ORE PROPYLITIZATION, SILVERTON CALDER

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 378-B, 49 P.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W., AND LARSEN, E.S., 1935, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEO

Reference (Deposit): THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 843, 189 P.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W., AND PURRINGTON, C.W., 1899 TELLURIDE FOLIO, COLOR

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, ORE DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, (GRATON-SALES VOLUMES): CHAP. 3

Reference (Deposit): 1, 1880 P.

Reference (Deposit): -----------, 1963, TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY IN THE WES

Reference (Deposit): SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS P. PAPER 475C, P. C39-

Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E. EDITOR, 1957, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF T

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEO

Reference (Deposit): 8TH FIELD CONF., GUIDEBOOK, P. 102-207, 217-221

Reference (Deposit): LARSEN, E.S. JR., AND CROSS, W., 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY

Reference (Deposit): SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS P. PAPER 258

Reference (Deposit): LIPMAN,P.W. AND OTHERS, 1970, VOLCANIC HISTORY OF THE SAN JU

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO, AS INDICATED BY POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING: GEOL. S

Reference (Deposit): AMER. BULL., V. 81, P. 2329-2352

Reference (Deposit): LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE OURAY Q

Reference (Deposit): RANGLE, COLORADO: USGS GEOL. QUAD. 152, 1 IN.TO 5280 FEET

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1970, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EUREKA AND AD

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS, SAN JUAN MTNS COLO: USGS PROF PAPER 535, 73 P.

Reference (Deposit): BURBANK,W.S., AND OTHERS, 1947, THE SAN JUAN REGION, IN VAND

Reference (Deposit): J.W., EDITOR, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: STATE OF COL

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RES. BD.

Reference (Deposit): COLLINS, G.E., 1931, LOCALIZATION OF ORE BODIES AT RICO AND

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, AS CONDITIONED BY GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE

Reference (Deposit): HISTORY: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 12, NO. 12, P. 407-424

Reference (Deposit): USGS GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 57, 19 P.

Reference (Deposit): CROSS, W., AND OTHERS, 1905, SILVERTON FOLIO, COLORADO: USGS

Reference (Deposit): ATLAS, FOLIO 120, 34 P.

Reference (Deposit): -----------, OURAY FOLIO, COLORADO: USGS GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 1

Reference (Deposit): IRVING, J.D., 1905, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OURAY DISTRICT, COLO

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 260, P. 50-77

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., 1946, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND MINES OF THE M

Reference (Deposit): POINT, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND UPPER UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICTS, OUR

Reference (Deposit): JUAN, AND HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR

Reference (Deposit): 14, NO. 7, P. 287-466

Reference (Deposit): -----------, 1968, VOLCANISM AND CAULDRON DEVELOPMENT IN THE

Reference (Deposit): EASTERN SAN JUAN MTNS, COLORADO: COLO. SCH. OF MINES QUAR

Reference (Deposit): 63, NO. 3 P. 175-208

Reference (Deposit): MOEHLMAN, R.S., 1936, ORE DEPOSITION SOUTH OF OURAY, COLORAD

Reference (Deposit): ECON. GEOL., V. 31 P. 377-397, 488-504

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1901, A REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): SILVERTON QUAD., COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, 265 P.

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., 1925, THE CAMPBIRD COMPOUND VEINDIKE: ECON. GEO

Reference (Deposit): 20, P. 115-152

Reference (Deposit): -----------,ORE DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): IN RIDGE J.D. ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FEDERAL RESOURCES 1980 ANNUAL REPT, PAGE 2

Reference (Workings): GENTRY, DON W. LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN COLORADO AND WYO-

Reference (Workings): MING. BUMINES CONTRACT G0264005, 1975, 201 PP.

Reference (Workings): KING, W. H., AND P. T. ALLSMAN. RECONNAISSANCE OF METAL

Reference (Workings): MINING IN THE SAN JUAN REGION, OURAY, SAN JUAN AND SAN

Reference (Workings): MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLO, BUMINES I C 7554, 1950,

Reference (Workings): PP. 25-26.

Reference (Deposit): BAARS,D.L.,AND SEE,P.D., 1968, PRE-PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPH

Reference (Deposit): PALEOTECTONICS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS,SOUTHWESTERN COL

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. AMER. BULL., V. 79, P. 333-349

Reference (Deposit): BASTIN,E.S., 1923, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAI

Reference (Deposit): BEJNAR,W., 1949, LITHOLOGIC CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE S

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS COLORADO: COMPASS, V. 26, P. 117-130

Reference (Deposit): BURBANK,W.S., 1930, REVISION OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AND STRAT

Reference (Deposit): IN THE OURAY DISTRICT OF COLORADO, AND ITS BEARING ON ORE

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 735-D, P. 65-129

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V.14, NO.5, P.

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1950, PROBLEMS OF WALL-ROCK ALTERATION IN SHALL

Reference (Deposit): VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS, IN VAN TUYL AND KUHN, EDITORS, APP

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGY: COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 45, NO. 1B, P. 287-3

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1951, THE SUNNYSIDE, ROSS BASIN, AND BONITA FAU

Reference (Deposit): SYSTEMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNT

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1933, THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, IN COLORA

Reference (Deposit): 16TH INT. GEOL. CONG. GUIDEBOOK 19, P. 34-63

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITION: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 12, NO. 6, P. 151-232

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1933, VEIN SYSTEMS OF THE ARRASTRE BASIN AND RE

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE IN THE SILVERTON AND TELLURIDE QUADRAN

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR. V. 13, NO. 5, P. 135-214

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 13, NO. 7, P. 285-304

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER C., 1946, STAGES AND EPOCHS OF MINE

Reference (Deposit): ZATION IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, AS SHOWN AT T

Reference (Deposit): DUNMORE MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO: ECON. GEOL., V. 41

Reference (Deposit): 159

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1940, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN T

Reference (Deposit): UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICT, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 960-E, P. 189-265

Reference (Deposit): ___________, 1941, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN T

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAINS, SNEFFELS AND TELLURIDE DISTRICTS OF THE SAN JU

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