Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 278492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Idarado Mine

Latitude: 37°54'49"N
Longitude: 107°42'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.913611111111,-107.70027777778

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite
Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Neyite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Aikinite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Eskimoite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Friedrichite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heyrovskýite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Neyite ()*	Petzite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vikingite ()*	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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Digenite
Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Lillianite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Neyite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	196916	315
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	196916	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	196916	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	196916	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	196916	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	196916	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	196916	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	196916	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	196916	1756
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	196916	90
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	196916	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	196916	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	196916	8173
Eskimoite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	1	196916	20
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	196916	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	196916	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	196916	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	196916	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	1	196916	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	196916	14640
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	196916	66
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	196916	469
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	196916	5591
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	196916	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	196916	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	196916	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	196916	17380
Neyite ()*	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈	1	196916	12
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	196916	409
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	196916	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	196916	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	196916	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	196916	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	196916	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	196916	969
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	196916	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	196916	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	196916	5317
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	1	196916	27
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	196916	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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