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Locality Name:
American Nettie, Gold Hill District, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 117441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-117441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "American Nettie, Gold Hill District, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°1'60"N
Longitude: 107°40'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.033333333333,-107.66666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperFeldsparFluorite
GypsumKaoliniteMelanteriteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetradymiteTetrahedrite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S0510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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