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Image: Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein (Tertiary; Camp Bird Mine, near Ouray, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA) 1 (17127300226)

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Description: Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein from the Tertiary of Colorado, USA. (public display, Leadville Mining Museum, Leadville, Colorado, USA) This is a gold ore sample from the Camp Bird Mine in southwestern Colorado's San Juan Mountains. The mineralization here occurs in hydrothermal veins hosted in Tertiary volcanic rocks. The whitish material is quartz (SiO2). The deep metallic yellow-colored material is native gold (Au). The dark gray material is sulfide. Locality: Camp Bird Mine, near Ouray, San Juan Mountains, southwestern Colorado, USA
Title: Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein (Tertiary; Camp Bird Mine, near Ouray, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA) 1 (17127300226)
Credit: Gold-quartz-sulfide hydrothermal vein (Tertiary; Camp Bird Mine, near Ouray, San Juan Mountains, Colorado, USA) 1
Author: James St. John
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