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


mindat Locality ID: 69293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sneffels (Sneffels Camp), Sneffels District (Sneffels - Red Mountain District; Mount Sneffels District), Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Governer Mine
Humbolt Mine
Revenue Group

Latitude: 37°58'3"N
Longitude: 107°46'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.9675,-107.77166666667
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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteClayCopperNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beidellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Pearceite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11944419052
Beidellite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O119444185
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)119443927770
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121194441663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3194439,194440,19444124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2194440,19444130554
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1194439249
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31194441733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119443939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23194439,194440,19444161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2194439,1944411711
Silver  (*)CopperAg11944415186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119443921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132194439,1944411803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311944405317


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