Located 6 miles South of Ouray. A gold-zinc-silver-lead-copper mine discovered by Thomas F. Walsh (1896) and owned by the Federal Resources Corp. Operated 1896 to 1990. Main ore body is the Camp Bird vein, with replacement ore bodies on three other veins. Produced about 1.5 million Troy ounces of gold to 1990. Also produced 4 million Troy ounces of silver.
NOTE: The Yale Peabody GNIS database provides three sets of coordinates for this mine based on the levels that have tunnels exiting the mountain plus a set of coordinates for the populated place (town).
Ref:
Min.Rec.:20(5):388
Rocks & Minerals: 23:704; 64:140-141 & 65:114-149; 70:5 pp 298-310; 71:168-169
US Minerals Yearbook(1988) - Zinc:9
Mineral List:52 entries listed. 48 valid minerals.
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