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Locality Name:
Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek Canyon, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grizzly Bear Mine, Bear Creek Canyon, Ouray, Ouray District, San Juan Mts, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Zanett Tunnel

Latitude: 37°59'53"N
Longitude: 107°38'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.998055555556,-107.63777777778

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 Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe O S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumFluorite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211943852162
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311943851935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21194385700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119438527198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211943859617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119438524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1194385469
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119438517380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1194385716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119438539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119438561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11943851711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11943855186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119438521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317



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