Provenite

Camp Bird Mine

MineUnknownDraft data

37.9728° N, 107.7264° W · ± 1 km

Sphalerite from Colorado, United States, with photos of specimens from this locality.

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Minerals found here

Sphalerite

On the same specimen

Same specimen Chalcopyrite with Sphalerite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show sphalerite with chalcopyrite together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Same specimen Quartz with Sphalerite

1 specimen photo(s) from this locality show sphalerite with quartz together. The pairing comes from the photographer's file name and label, so the relationship between the two minerals is not specified.

Sphalerite at Camp Bird Mine

Exceptional sphalerite crystal groups have come from the replacement orebodies.

Sharp, lustrous black sphalerite crystals with feathery manganoan calcite from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray.
Sharp, lustrous black sphalerite crystals with feathery manganoan calcite from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and quartz on a specimen from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray.
Sphalerite with chalcopyrite and quartz on a specimen from the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray.
Photo: Robert M. Lavinsky · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
Formula
(Zn,Fe)S
Morphology
Sharp crystals and crystal groups
Color / luster
Jet black, lustrous
Associated minerals
Manganoan calcitechalcopyritequartzgalenatetrahedrite
Availability
Unknown

Sources: SRC-372 SRC-384

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Geology of the locality

Setting
Quartz-sulfide veins plus Pb-Cu-Zn replacement orebodies along the Orphan and Gordon veins.
Type
Hydrothermal
Region
Colorado
Country
United States

Coordinates are those of the Camp Bird community beside the mine (SRC-373), so the mine itself may lie up to about 1 km away.

Sources: SRC-372 SRC-373

Sources

  1. SRC-372 · Article
    The Camp Bird mine: twenty years after I first opened my mouthRosemeyer, T. · 2005 · 26th Annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium (abstract)
  2. SRC-373 · Website
    Camp Bird, ColoradoWikipedia · Wikipedia
  3. SRC-384 · Website
    Wikimedia Commons file page Sphalerite-178935.jpgRobert M. Lavinsky · Wikimedia Commons

Draft data from the Provenite workbook. Check entries against the cited sources before relying on them. Photos are open-licence images from Wikimedia Commons; the author and licence are given with each photo.