Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Camp Bird Mine, Camp Bird, Sneffels District (Sneffels - Red Mountain District; Mount Sneffels District), Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 8702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camp Bird Mine, Camp Bird, Sneffels District (Sneffels - Red Mountain District; Mount Sneffels District), Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°58'11"N
Longitude: 107°43'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.969722222222,-107.72583333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zoisite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Te U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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