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Locality Name:
Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 277511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 116
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 113

Number of Child Localities: 113
Child Localities:
Joker Tunnel
Jonathan Mine
Keno - Patsie Et Al Claims
Kerr - Ouray No. 2
Keystone Mine
Larson Brothers Mine
Little Balm Of Gilead
Lone Widow Mine
Lost Day Mine
Mammoth Mine
Meldrum Tunnel
Midnight Mine
Molly
Monarch Mine (Mountain Monarch Mine)
Monas Queen
Morning Star Mine
Mountain King
Mt Monarch Mine (Monarch Mountain Mine)
Nasby
Park Placer
Patsy - Lost Day
Paymaster
Prince Lode Claims
Quarry (MRDS - 10167908)
Riverside Mine
Rock Of The Ages Mine
Ruby Trust
Samoa Mine
San Bernadino
Saratoga
Schofield
Sequin Mine
Sieberg
Silver King
Silver Link Mine
Silver Mountain Mine
Skyrocket Group
South Dakota
Speedwell
Squaw Gulch
Stenographer Mine
Sunset Mine
Sunshine
Sutton And Weatherly Claims
The Blowout Occurrence
Topeka No. 1
Topeka No. 2
Topeka-Kentucky Giant Vein
Union Mine
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118292)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118367)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118494)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118677)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10142846)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10143360)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10167220)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10191154)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10191225)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10215577)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10239913)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10239977)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10240507)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264536)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264620)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264851)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10264914)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10287962)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10288312)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10118540)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10143138)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10167717)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10167795)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10191032)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10240428)
Unknown Manganese (MRDS - 10143519)
Unknown Molybdenum (MRDS - 10143584)
Unknown Molybdenum (MRDS - 10167453)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10117938)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10118437)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10118530)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10142826)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10142874)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10143032)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10143073)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10143085)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10143165)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10143218)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10143293)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10167310)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10167633)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10167658)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10167747)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10191087)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10191307)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10214964)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10215176)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10215367)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10215454)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10239868)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10240323)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10240514)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10240579)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10265023)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10265024)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10288166)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10288396)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10288473)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10288480)
Vernon Mine
West View
Wewissa Mine
Whippoorwill Mine
White Cloud

Latitude: 37°58'55"N
Longitude: 107°40'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.981944444444,-107.68055555556

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenicBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
CopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMicaMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStilpnomelaneTetradymiteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
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  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11941652793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11942098803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO24194198,194199,194204,1942122162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2194212,19421311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11941811966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411941985516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO24194198,194199,194210,194212700
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27194164,194165,194176,194181,194198,194212,19421427198
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31194176802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11942098173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26194176,194181,194199,194210,194212,1942139617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121194188663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6194165,194181,194188,194212,194214,19427624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2194164,19419030554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62194210,194212173
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11941996890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3119419614640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1194164804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1194176469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411942065591
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211942095800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119420917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11942092349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28194176,194181,194188,194189,194206,194209,194212,19421439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212194176,194178,194181,194189,194196,194198,194199,194204,194206,194210,194212,19421361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3194176,194179,1941811711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22194198,1941995614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2194181,19427621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41194214586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1194209456
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1194164510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134194181,194198,194206,1942765317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211941812718



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