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

mindat Locality ID: 29957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 104
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 77

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Albany Mine
Alma Mine
Alpine Mine
Amador Mine
Barhoff Mine
Begola Mine
Ben Hur Mine
Campbell Mine
Dexter Mine
Gem Mine
Golden Gate Mine
Grand View Mine
Great Weatern Mine (Great Western Mine ??)
Ouray
Portland

Latitude: 38°0'2"N
Longitude: 107°40'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.000555555556,-107.67083333333

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Digenite	Enargite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl 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: Ag Al Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Digenite Enargite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

83 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Petzite ()*
Piemontite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	194384,194429	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	194455	315
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	194425	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	194385	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1534
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	3	194404,194425,194429	3092
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	194364	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	194429,194441,194446	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	194404	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	14	194364,194374,194381,194384,194386,194399,194402,194404,194409,194425,194429,194445,194446,194455	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	194441	85
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	194384,194385,194409	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	194425	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	194385	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	194373,194380,194381,194384,194387,194395,194402,194404,194409,194425,194426,194439,194445	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	194425	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	194368,194404	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	15	194364,194368,194369,194371,194372,194373,194381,194384,194385,194404,194409,194425,194429,194446,194455	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	194373	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	0		1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	194425	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	1025
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	194404,194425	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	194425	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	194425	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	194425,194426,194429	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	194404	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	194373,194425	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	194425	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	194425,194429	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	194384,194385,194391,194425	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	6	194364,194371,194429,194434,194441,194443	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17	194369,194371,194381,194384,194385,194386,194404,194422,194425,194429,194434,194439,194440,194441,194443,194446,194457	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	194384,194407,194425,194440,194441,194455	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	194417	173
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	194425	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	194425,194454	1544
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	1	194409	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	194425	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	194373,194384,194422,194425,194455	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	194425	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	6	194384,194385,194425,194455,194457,194460	469
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0		2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	194386,194425,194457	5591
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	1	194409	87
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	3	194425,194429,194445	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	194373,194425	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	194404	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	194429	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	194425	252
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	194429	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	194459	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	194385,194404,194425,194457	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	194373,194425	2349
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	194409	72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	3	194404,194439,194446	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	194425	409
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	260
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	194374	57
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	5	194381,194385,194404,194429,194446	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	194425	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	194454	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2	194441,194446	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	194384,194429,194446	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17	194364,194369,194371,194372,194373,194380,194381,194384,194385,194404,194409,194419,194425,194429,194439,194443,194457	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	194425	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	194425	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	194364,194369,194373,194379,194380,194381,194384,194385,194386,194391,194395,194399,194402,194404,194406,194417,194422,194425,194429,194434,194439,194440,194441,194446,194457,194460	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	11	194383,194384,194385,194386,194425,194429,194439,194441,194445,194455,194460	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	194425	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	194425	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	194384,194402,194425,194429	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	194369,194385,194429,194441	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	194369,194373,194381,194384,194385,194386,194387,194402,194404,194425,194429,194439,194443,194446,194457	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	3	194369,194423,194434	586
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	0		456
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	3	194439,194441,194446	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	9	194384,194386,194404,194409,194425,194429,194440,194455,194457	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	194382,194425,194455	2718
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	194425,194446	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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