1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Camp Bird Mine

Past Producer in Ouray county in Colorado, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240569
MRDS ID D009429
MAS/MILS ID 0080910005
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Bird Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp Bird of Colorado Inc.
Related records 10013241, 10264400

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.72594, 37.97 (WGS84)
Elevation 2993
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ouray(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ironton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silverton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Ouray

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043 N 008 W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Ash-flow tuff of main volcanic sequence
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E00W
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 2000M
    Width 380M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip E00W:70S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 810304

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1896
Mining method Shrinkage Methods - Overhand Shrinkage
Year of first production 1900
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sneffels

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Federal Resources Corp.
    ID 500437
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 77095mt ore
    Demonstrated 77095mt ore
    Total resources 77095mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 133 g/mt Silver Major 1980
    Gold Au 3.2 g/mt Gold Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 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%

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7200M
    Overall depth 248M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OVERHAND SHRINKAGE 10-67
    Swell Factor .75
    Percent Waste Rock 8.3
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING WHEN DRY
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 1
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 3378
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 363
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 31.64
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 200
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    FEDERAL RESOURCES 1980 ANNUAL REPT, PAGE 2

  • Workings

    GENTRY, DON W. LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN COLORADO AND WYO-

  • Workings

    MING. BUMINES CONTRACT G0264005, 1975, 201 PP.

  • Workings

    KING, W. H., AND P. T. ALLSMAN. RECONNAISSANCE OF METAL

  • Workings

    MINING IN THE SAN JUAN REGION, OURAY, SAN JUAN AND SAN

  • Workings

    MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLO, BUMINES I C 7554, 1950,

  • Workings

    PP. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    BAARS,D.L.,AND SEE,P.D., 1968, PRE-PENNSYLVANIAN STRATIGRAPH

  • Deposit

    PALEOTECTONICS OF THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS,SOUTHWESTERN COL

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SOC. AMER. BULL., V. 79, P. 333-349

  • Deposit

    BASTIN,E.S., 1923, SILVER ENRICHMENT IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAI

  • Deposit

    COLORADO: U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 735-D, P. 65-129

  • Deposit

    BEJNAR,W., 1949, LITHOLOGIC CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITS IN THE S

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS COLORADO: COMPASS, V. 26, P. 117-130

  • Deposit

    BURBANK,W.S., 1930, REVISION OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE AND STRAT

  • Deposit

    IN THE OURAY DISTRICT OF COLORADO, AND ITS BEARING ON ORE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1933, VEIN SYSTEMS OF THE ARRASTRE BASIN AND RE

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE IN THE SILVERTON AND TELLURIDE QUADRAN

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1933, THE WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, IN COLORA

  • Deposit

    16TH INT. GEOL. CONG. GUIDEBOOK 19, P. 34-63

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1940, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN T

  • Deposit

    UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICT, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 960-E, P. 189-265

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1941, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF ORE DEPOSITION IN T

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, SNEFFELS AND TELLURIDE DISTRICTS OF THE SAN JU

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V.14, NO.5, P.

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1950, PROBLEMS OF WALL-ROCK ALTERATION IN SHALL

  • Deposit

    VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS, IN VAN TUYL AND KUHN, EDITORS, APP

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1951, THE SUNNYSIDE, ROSS BASIN, AND BONITA FAU

  • Deposit

    SYSTEMS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ORE DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNT

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1960, PRE-ORE PROPYLITIZATION, SILVERTON CALDER

  • Deposit

    COLORADO: U.S. GEOL. SURV. PAPER 400-B, P. B12-B13

  • Deposit

    BURBANK,W.S., AND LUEDKE,R.G., 1961, ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF

  • Deposit

    AND GANGUE-FORMING SOLUTIONS, SILVERTON CALDERA, SAN JUAN

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, COLO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-C, P. C7-C11

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TELLURIDE QUADRANGLE,

  • Deposit

    WESTERN COLO: USGS GEOL QUAD MAP, GQ 504 1:24000

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1968, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN S

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, ORE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1, 1880 P.

  • Deposit

    ___________, 1970, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EUREKA AND AD

  • Deposit

    DISTRICTS, SAN JUAN MTNS COLO: USGS PROF PAPER 535, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    BURBANK,W.S., AND OTHERS, 1947, THE SAN JUAN REGION, IN VAND

  • Deposit

    J.W., EDITOR, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO: STATE OF COL

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RES. BD.

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, G.E., 1931, LOCALIZATION OF ORE BODIES AT RICO AND

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, AS CONDITIONED BY GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE

  • Deposit

    HISTORY: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 12, NO. 12, P. 407-424

  • Deposit

    CROSS, W., AND LARSEN, E.S., 1935, A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE GEO

  • Deposit

    THE SAN JUAN REGION OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 843, 189 P.

  • Deposit

    CROSS, W., AND PURRINGTON, C.W., 1899 TELLURIDE FOLIO, COLOR

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL. ATLAS, FOLIO 57, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    CROSS, W., AND OTHERS, 1905, SILVERTON FOLIO, COLORADO: USGS

  • Deposit

    ATLAS, FOLIO 120, 34 P.

  • Deposit

    -----------, OURAY FOLIO, COLORADO: USGS GEOL. ATLAS FOLIO 1

  • Deposit

    IRVING, J.D., 1905, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE OURAY DISTRICT, COLO

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 260, P. 50-77

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1946, GEOLOGY, ORE DEPOSITS AND MINES OF THE M

  • Deposit

    POINT, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND UPPER UNCOMPAHGRE DISTRICTS, OUR

  • Deposit

    JUAN, AND HINSDALE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR

  • Deposit

    14, NO. 7, P. 287-466

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER C., 1946, STAGES AND EPOCHS OF MINE

  • Deposit

    ZATION IN THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, AS SHOWN AT T

  • Deposit

    DUNMORE MINE, OURAY COUNTY, COLORADO: ECON. GEOL., V. 41

  • Deposit

    159

  • Deposit

    KOTTLOWSKI, F.E. EDITOR, 1957, GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY OF T

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEO

  • Deposit

    8TH FIELD CONF., GUIDEBOOK, P. 102-207, 217-221

  • Deposit

    LARSEN, E.S. JR., AND CROSS, W., 1956, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY

  • Deposit

    SAN JUAN REGION, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS P. PAPER 258

  • Deposit

    LIPMAN,P.W. AND OTHERS, 1970, VOLCANIC HISTORY OF THE SAN JU

  • Deposit

    COLORADO, AS INDICATED BY POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING: GEOL. S

  • Deposit

    AMER. BULL., V. 81, P. 2329-2352

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, R.G., AND BURBANK, W.S. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE OURAY Q

  • Deposit

    RANGLE, COLORADO: USGS GEOL. QUAD. 152, 1 IN.TO 5280 FEET

  • Deposit

    -----------, 1963, TERTIARY VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY IN THE WES

  • Deposit

    SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS P. PAPER 475C, P. C39-

  • Deposit

    -----------, 1968, VOLCANISM AND CAULDRON DEVELOPMENT IN THE

  • Deposit

    EASTERN SAN JUAN MTNS, COLORADO: COLO. SCH. OF MINES QUAR

  • Deposit

    63, NO. 3 P. 175-208

  • Deposit

    MOEHLMAN, R.S., 1936, ORE DEPOSITION SOUTH OF OURAY, COLORAD

  • Deposit

    ECON. GEOL., V. 31 P. 377-397, 488-504

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1901, A REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE

  • Deposit

    SILVERTON QUAD., COLORADO: USGS BULL. 182, 265 P.

  • Deposit

    SPURR, J.E., 1925, THE CAMPBIRD COMPOUND VEINDIKE: ECON. GEO

  • Deposit

    20, P. 115-152

  • Deposit

    -----------,ORE DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS,

  • Deposit

    IN RIDGE J.D. ED. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    -------, 1964, REVISED TERTIARY VOLCANIC SEQUENCE IN THE CEN

  • Deposit

    JUAN MTNS COLO: USGS PROF. PAPER 475-D, P. D54-D63

  • Deposit

    VARNES, D.J., 1947, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BLACK BEAR VE

  • Deposit

    MIGUEL COUNTY, COLO: COLO. SCI. SOC. PR., V. 15, P. 135-1

  • Deposit

    -------,ANALYSIS OF PLASTIC DEFORMATION ACCORDING TO VON MIS

  • Deposit

    THEORY WITH APPLICATION TO THE SOUTH SILVERTON AREA, SAN

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 378-B, 49 P.

  • Deposit

    -------,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH SILVERTON MINI

  • Deposit

    SAN JUAN COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 378-A, P. A1-

  • Deposit

    -------,1960, SILVERTON, COLORADO, IN RELATION OF ORE DEPOSI

  • Deposit

    DOMING IN NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: GEOL. SOC. AMER. MEM

  • Deposit

    P. 26-36

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-1997 Hite, Alan G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/01/1991
MSHA mine ID0500437
Mine name (MSHA)Camp Bird Mine
Current operatorRoyal Camp Bird Inc
Current controller (parent)Royal Gold Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

Open MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System for inspections, accidents, and violations for this mine.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.