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

mindat Locality ID: 253154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Camp Bird, Sneffels District (Sneffels - Red Mountain District; Mount Sneffels District), Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Camp Bird Mine

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:

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 Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	194425	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	194425	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	194425	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	194425	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	194425	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	194425	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	194425	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	194425	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	194425	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	194425	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	194425	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	194425	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	194425	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	194425	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	194425	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	194425	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	194425	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	194425	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	194425	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	194425	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	194425	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	194425	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	194425	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	194425	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	194425	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	194425	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	194425	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	194425	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	194425	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	194425	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	194425	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	194425	409
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	260
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	194425	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	194425	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	194425	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	194425	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	194425	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	194425	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	194425	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	194425	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	194425	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	194425	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	194425	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	194425	2718
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...