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Animas District, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA

The Animas District includes the eastern flank of Sultan Mountain and the area south and east of Silverton, to approximately 2 miles east of Howardsville. Its northern boundary roughly parallels the Animas River approximnately 1+ miles to the north.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Aikinite
'Alaskaite'
Amphibole Group
var: Uralite

Anglesite
Aragonite
Atacamite
Aurichalcite
Azurite
Baryte
Bismuthinite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Brochantite
Calaverite
Calcite
Cerussite
Chalcoalumite
Chalcocite
Chalcopyrite
'Chert'
'Chlorite Group'
Clinozoisite
Copper
'Copper Stain'
Covellite
Digenite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Ferrimolybdite
Fluorite
Freibergite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
'Garnet'
Gersdorffite
Goethite
Gold
Gypsum
Hematite
var: Specularite
Hübnerite
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Lillianite
Limonite
Linarite
Malachite
Marcasite
Molybdenite
Monticellite
Muscovite
var: Sericite
'Ochre'
Osarizawaite
Pearceite
Petzite
Plumbojarosite
Polybasite
Posnjakite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Quartz
var: Amethyst
Quartz
var: Milky Quartz

var: Rock Crystal
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Sanidine
Serpierite
Siderite
Silver
Sphalerite
Stibnite
Sylvanite
Tennantite
Tenorite
Tetrahedrite
Thaumasite ?
Tremolite
Tungstite
Vesuvianite
'Wad'
Wolframite
Wollastonite
Zunyite


96 entries listed. 71 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

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References

Church, S.E., von Guerard, Paul, and Finger, S.E., eds., 2007, Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Animas River watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651, 1,096 p. (E5, Fig.2, p.262)

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