Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


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


mindat Locality ID: 253135
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253135.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hayden Mountain North, Uncompahgre District, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Belle Of The West Mine
Dunmore Mine
Elmer E. Eggleston Mine
Laura Dunmore Occurrence

Latitude: 37°58'25"N
Longitude: 107°39'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.973611111111,-107.665
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 O Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumFluoriteGarnetKaolinite
MeneghiniteMicaNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)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)2194455,194457469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411944575591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119445717380
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211944541898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119445739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119445761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11944551711
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119445721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132194455,1944575317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211944552718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...