Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ouray Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5904
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5904.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 354
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 308

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Black Silver Mine
Brown Mountain
Daniel Bonanza Mine
Eldredge
Gold Hill District
Horseshoe And Sacramento District
Imogene Basin District (Camp Bird District)
La Plata Mountain
Mother Cline Mine
Mt. Sneffels
Ouray District (Uncompahgre District)
Paquin District
Red Mountain District
Ridgway
San Juan Mts

Latitude: 38°1'58"N
Longitude: 107°41'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.032777777778,-107.69611111111

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	Allargentum	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copiapite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Germanite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Polybasite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	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 Pt S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Pt Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Allophane Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte
Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copiapite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Germanite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Polybasite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Wurtzite

125 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*
Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beidellite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Colusite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Goyazite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kobellite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nacrite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pavonite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Petzite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Platinum ()*
Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*	Zunyite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	7	194117,194118,194161,194165,194283,194384,194429	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5	194119,194120,194124,194131,194358	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	194455	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	194131,194209	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1	194288	69
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	194425	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	194324,194326	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	8	194110,194112,194117,194198,194199,194204,194212,194385	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	194124,194131,194358	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	194117,194300,194324,194425	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	194425	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	6	194117,194297,194299,194404,194425,194429	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	194300	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	194364	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	194429,194441,194446	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	194286,194299	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	194286,194297,194299,194300,194404	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	33	194110,194112,194117,194123,194130,194212,194213,194282,194284,194285,194286,194287,194297,194299,194300,194302,194305,194308,194324,194364,194374,194381,194384,194386,194399,194402,194404,194409,194425,194429,194445,194446,194455	11547
Beidellite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	194143,194441	85
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	194286	450
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	194181	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	4	194117,194384,194385,194409	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5	194198,194302,194308,194309,194425	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	194286,194299	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	6	194112,194198,194199,194210,194212,194385	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	28	194109,194115,194117,194118,194119,194120,194123,194284,194286,194288,194290,194297,194299,194312,194354,194373,194380,194381,194384,194387,194395,194402,194404,194409,194425,194426,194439,194445	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	194117,194299,194300,194324,194425	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	194297,194299,194308,194358,194368,194404	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	39	194117,194118,194119,194120,194123,194128,194135,194136,194161,194164,194165,194176,194181,194198,194212,194214,194279,194288,194297,194299,194302,194308,194318,194324,194364,194368,194369,194371,194372,194373,194381,194384,194385,194404,194409,194425,194429,194446,194455	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	3	194124,194358,194373	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	194358	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	194299	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	194425	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	1025
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	2	194302,194324	110
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	194117	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	194117,194302	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	5	194297,194299,194324,194404,194425	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	194302	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	194176	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	194286	2970
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	194324	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	194324,194425	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	194425	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	194115,194125,194317,194425,194426,194429	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	194288	180
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	5	194305,194324,194326,194332,194404	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	9	194119,194120,194124,194131,194209,194312,194358,194373,194425	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	194302	163
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	194425	345
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	194425,194429	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	17	194110,194111,194112,194129,194145,194176,194181,194199,194210,194212,194213,194307,194308,194384,194385,194391,194425	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	10	194118,194143,194160,194188,194364,194371,194429,194434,194441,194443	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	42	194117,194118,194123,194136,194143,194160,194161,194165,194181,194188,194212,194214,194276,194279,194284,194288,194297,194299,194308,194309,194314,194318,194324,194327,194332,194369,194371,194381,194384,194385,194386,194404,194422,194425,194429,194434,194439,194440,194441,194443,194446,194457	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	16	194117,194129,194143,194164,194190,194308,194312,194324,194326,194357,194384,194407,194425,194440,194441,194455	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	4	194112,194210,194212,194417	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	6	194117,194123,194199,194286,194300,194425	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	2	194110,194112	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	194123,194124,194196,194354,194358,194373,194384,194422,194425,194455	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	3	194121,194164,194425	804
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	7	194176,194384,194385,194425,194455,194457,194460	469
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	194312	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	194354,194358	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	194117,194206,194308,194312,194324,194326,194386,194425,194457	5591
Kobellite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₁(Cu,Fe)₂(Bi,Sb)₁₅S₃₅	1	194409	87
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	3	194425,194429,194445	234
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	194286	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	194286,194299	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	194119,194120,194124,194358,194373,194425	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	194123,194286,194297,194299,194300,194324,194404	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	194429	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	194425	252
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	194117	915
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	194429	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	194286,194299	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	194117,194209,194302,194459	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	194117,194121,194209,194284,194288,194297,194326,194385,194404,194425,194457	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	194302	112
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	194302,194324	128
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	194117,194209,194373,194425	2349
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	1	194409	72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	8	194118,194279,194283,194284,194297,194404,194439,194446	249
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	2	194358,194425	409
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	194425	260
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	194374	57
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	194324	140
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	8	194288,194297,194299,194381,194385,194404,194429,194446	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	194425	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	194131,194454	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	3	194327,194441,194446	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	10	194117,194118,194160,194283,194284,194324,194327,194384,194429,194446	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	46	194117,194119,194120,194121,194124,194136,194161,194176,194181,194188,194189,194206,194209,194212,194214,194279,194284,194288,194297,194298,194299,194305,194308,194309,194312,194314,194318,194324,194326,194364,194369,194371,194372,194373,194380,194381,194384,194385,194404,194409,194419,194425,194429,194439,194443,194457	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	194145	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	194286	1725
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	194425	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	194425	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	69	194110,194111,194112,194113,194117,194118,194119,194120,194121,194123,194128,194129,194130,194131,194143,194160,194176,194178,194181,194189,194196,194198,194199,194204,194206,194210,194212,194213,194282,194284,194286,194288,194290,194297,194299,194300,194302,194307,194308,194312,194324,194326,194331,194364,194369,194373,194379,194380,194381,194384,194385,194386,194391,194395,194399,194402,194404,194406,194417,194422,194425,194429,194434,194439,194440,194441,194446,194457,194460	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	17	194113,194176,194179,194181,194284,194288,194383,194384,194385,194386,194425,194429,194439,194441,194445,194455,194460	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	194425	969
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	194286,194299,194300	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	194117,194124,194198,194199	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	194425	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	194305	1153
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	194160	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	194115,194117,194286,194384,194402,194425,194429	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	11	194117,194118,194161,194283,194286,194288,194290,194369,194385,194429,194441	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	194123,194286	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	29	194117,194118,194123,194136,194161,194181,194276,194279,194284,194288,194297,194299,194314,194324,194369,194373,194381,194384,194385,194386,194387,194402,194404,194425,194429,194439,194443,194446,194457	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	7	194160,194214,194288,194358,194369,194423,194434	586
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	3	194124,194209,194358	456
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	2	194308,194309	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	194117,194305	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	6	194117,194123,194324,194439,194441,194446	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	194117,194164	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	29	194117,194118,194123,194133,194136,194143,194161,194181,194198,194206,194276,194279,194283,194284,194286,194288,194297,194299,194308,194324,194384,194386,194404,194409,194425,194429,194440,194455,194457	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	194124	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	7	194117,194181,194304,194324,194382,194425,194455	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	194285,194286,194300	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	194312,194425,194446	1025
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	2	194305,194324	86

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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