New Mexico Mineral Symposium — Abstracts

The Camp Bird mine, located 5 mi south of Ouray, Colorado, was discovered in 1896 by Thomas Walsh and was developed into one of the major gold producers in the state. Many fine specimens of native gold and large groups of milky-quartz crystals were recovered during the early mining operations. During the 1970's Pb-Zn-Cu replacement ores were mined from the Telluride conglomerate (Tertiary). The replacement orebodies produced many fine specimens of Pb-Zn-Cu sulfides and gangue minerals.

The lecture and slide presentation covers the history of the mine and the general geology and mineralogy of the ore deposits.