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Locality Name:
Uncompahgre District, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 253097
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253097.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Uncompahgre District, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beaver/Belfast Mine
Hayden Mountain (Hayden Mountain South)
Hayden Mountain North
Ironton
Royal Albert Vein

Latitude: 37°56'40"N
Longitude: 107°40'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.944444444444,-107.68194444444
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: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumFluoriteGarnetKaolinite
MeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31194455315
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)119445511547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119445527198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119445724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu119445530554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311944541544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119445514640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3194455,194457,194460469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411944575591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211944595800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119445717380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211944541898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119445739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22194457,19446061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2194455,1944601711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119445721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132194455,1944575317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211944552718


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