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Comparing Localities

Comparing:

Ouray County, Colorado, USA

with

La Plata County, Colorado, USA

Mineral Lists

Ouray County, Colorado, USALa Plata County, Colorado, USA
AcanthiteAcanthite
ActinoliteActinolite
Aegirine
AikiniteAikinite
AlbiteAlbite
Allargentum
Alluvial deposit
AltaiteAltaite
Alunite
AnataseAnatase
Andesite
AndraditeAndradite
(Var: Topazolite)
AnglesiteAnglesite
Anhydrite
AnkeriteAnkerite
Anthophyllite
ApatiteApatite
AragoniteAragonite
Argentopyrite
Argentotennantite-(Zn)
ArsenopyriteArsenopyrite
Ash
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
(Var: Copper-bearing Austinite)
Autunite
AzuriteAzurite
BaryteBaryte
Beidellite
Benjaminite
Betekhtinite
Bindheimite
Biotite
Bismuth
BismuthiniteBismuthinite?
Bobjonesite
Bohdanowiczite
BorniteBornite
(Var: Silver-bearing Bornite)
Bournonite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
BrookiteBrookite
CalaveriteCalaverite
CalciteCalcite
(Var: Manganese-bearing Calcite)
Carnotite
Carrollite
Cattierite
CerussiteCerussite
Chalcanthite
ChalcociteChalcocite
ChalcopyriteChalcopyrite
Chamosite
(Var: Thuringite)
Chert
ChlorargyriteChlorargyrite
Chlorite GroupChlorite Group
ChrysocollaChrysocolla
Cinnabar
Clausthalite
Clay
Clinochlore
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Clinozoisite
Coloradoite
ColusiteColusite?
Conglomerate
Conichalcite
Copiapite
CopperCopper
CosaliteCosalite?
CovelliteCovellite
Cubanite
CupriteCuprite
Dawsonite
Diaspore
DickiteDickite
Digenite
Diopside
Diorite
DolomiteDolomite
(Var: Iron-bearing Dolomite)
Domeykite
Dyscrasite
EnargiteEnargite
EpidoteEpidote
Eskimoite
Famatinite
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorapatite
FluoriteFluorite
Freibergite SubgroupFreibergite Subgroup
Friedrichite
GalenaGalena
(Var: Silver-bearing Galena)
Garnet GroupGarnet Group
Gneiss
GoldGold
(Var: Electrum)
Goldfieldite
Goyazite
Granite
Granodiorite
Gravel
Greenockite
Grossular
Gummite
Gustavite
Gypsum
(Var: Selenite)
Halloysite
Halotrichite
HematiteHematite
(Var: Martite)
(Var: Specularite)(Var: Specularite)
Hemimorphite
HessiteHessite
Heyrovskýite
Hornblende Root Name GroupHornblende Root Name Group
Hornblende gneiss
HydrozinciteHydrozincite
Hübnerite
Jarosite
Jasper
K FeldsparK Feldspar
(Var: Adularia)
KaoliniteKaolinite
Kobellite
Krennerite
Kutnohorite
Langite
Latite
Libethenite?
Lillianite
LimestoneLimestone
LimoniteLimonite
Linarite
Luzonite
MagnetiteMagnetite
Magnolite
MalachiteMalachite
Marble
MarcasiteMarcasite
Matildite
MelanteriteMelanterite
Mercury
Merenskyite
Metatorbernite
MiargyriteMiargyrite
Mimetite
MolybdeniteMolybdenite
Montbrayite
Monzonite
Mud
Mudstone
MuscoviteMuscovite
(Var: Illite)
(Var: Sericite)(Var: Sericite)
Natroalunite
Neyite
Orthoclase
Ourayite
Palladium?
Pavonite
PearceitePearceite
Pegmatite
Petroleum
(Var: Bitumen)
PetzitePetzite
Pickeringite
Piemontite
Pilsenite
Pitticite
PlatinumPlatinum?
PolybasitePolybasite
Porphyry
Powellite
Prehnite
ProustiteProustite
PyrargyritePyrargyrite
PyritePyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyroxmangite
PyrrhotitePyrrhotite
QuartzQuartz
(Var: Amethyst)
(Var: Chalcedony)
(Var: Milky Quartz)
(Var: Rock Crystal)
Quartz-monzonite
QuartziteQuartzite
Realgar
RhodochrositeRhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Ruby Silver Ore
RutileRutile
Sand
Sandstone
Sanidine
ScheeliteScheelite
Schist
Scorodite
Selenium
Shale
SideriteSiderite
(Var: Manganese-bearing Siderite)
SilverSilver
(Var: Native Amalgam)
SmithsoniteSmithsonite
Sopcheite
SphaleriteSphalerite
Staurolite
StephaniteStephanite
Stibnite?
StilpnomelaneStilpnomelane
(Var: Ferristilpnomelane)
Stromeyerite
Stützite
Sulphur
Syenite
Sylvanite
Szomolnokite
Tellurium
Tennantite SubgroupTennantite Subgroup
TetradymiteTetradymite
Tetrahedrite SubgroupTetrahedrite Subgroup
(Var: Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)
Thorite
TitaniteTitanite
Torbernite
Tourmaline
Tremolite
Troilite?
Tufa
Tyuyamunite
UraniniteUraninite
Uranophane
Vikingite
Volborthite
WadWad
Willemite?
Wollastonite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
Zoisite
(Var: Thulite)
Zunyite
Total: 177Total: 161

Chemistry

Number of mineral & variety species for each element. Red indicates lower than total percentage of mineral species with that element, green indicates higher.

ElementOuray County, Colorado, USALa Plata County, Colorado, USATotal approved
H42363391
B01304
C1811491
O92714901
F33487
Na421151
Mg57829
Al27151217
Si37301673
P55748
S66441328
Cl52447
K88606
Ca30201528
Ti45429
V16290
Mn71718
Fe30241381
Co1178
Cu3328820
Zn59345
As813781
Se12159
Br0118
Sr10168
Y01141
Zr10145
Mo4192
Pd0385
Ag2521231
Cd1032
Sb137338
Te615208
Ba11279
W2154
Pt1147
Au4641
Hg04109
Pb219637
Bi176251
Th0142
U17311

Statistics

Total Rows:257
Total Matches:81
Percent Matches:31.52%
 
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