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Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA

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Mineral List:
  		•  Acanthite
    Ag
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  'Adularia'
    KAlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.]
  		•  Altaite
    PbTe
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.]
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Anhydrite
    CaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Ankerite
    Ca(Fe
    2+
     
    		 ,Mg,Mn
    2+
     
    		)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Apatite-(CaF)
    Ca
     
    5
    		[F|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Baryte
    BaSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Bornite
    Cu
     
    5
    		FeS
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:140-141;71:168-169]
    Site Photo
    Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
    © Geoffrey Krasnov
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388; Rocks & Min: 62:9, 64:140-141, 65:114-149, 71:168-169]
    Site Photo
    Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
    © Rob Lavinsky
  		•  'Chlorite Group'
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Clinochlore
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    5
    		Al[(OH)
     
    8
    		|AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    10
    		]
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Clinozoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.]
  		•  Covellite
    CuS
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:65:114-149 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9 & 64:140-141 + Min.Rec.:20(5):388).]
  		•  Dickite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Digenite
    Cu
     
    9
    		S
     
    5
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Dolomite
    CaMg(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Epidote
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Fe
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Ferrimolybdite
    Fe
     
    2
    		[MoO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    		 · nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Habit: cubes; cubo-octehedra
    Colour: pale to intense green: colorless; pale lavender
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.: 23:704; 64:140-141; 71:168-169]
  		•  Freibergite
    (Ag
     
    4+2x
    		Cu
     
    2-2x
    		)[(Cu, Ag)
     
    4
    		(Fe, Zn)
     
    2
    		]Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    12
    		S
     
    1-x
    		 (0 < x < 1)
    Reference: [Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388; Rocks & Min: 23:704; 62:9; 64:140-141; 65:114-149; 71:168-169]
    Site Photo
    Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
     
  		•  Gold
    Au
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:140-141.]
  		•  Greenockite
    CdS
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Grossular
    Ca
     
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:65:114-149 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9 & 64:140-141 + Min.Rec.:20(5):388).]
  		•  Gypsum
    Ca[SO
     
    4
    		] · 2H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Hematite
    Fe
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388; Rocks & Min.: 23:704; 62:9; 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Hessite
    Ag
     
    2
    		Te
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Hübnerite
    MnWO
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Illite
    K
     
    0.65
    		A
     
    2.0
    		 [][Al
     
    0.65
    		Si,
     
    3.35
    		O
     
    10
    		](OH)
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min 70:5 pp 298-310; 71:168-169]
  		•  Kaolinite
    Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    5
    		(OH)
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:65:114-149 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9 & 64:140-141 + Min.Rec.:20(5):388).]
  		•  Kutnohorite
    Ca(Mn,Mg,Fe)(CO
     
    3
    		)
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:65:114-149 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9 & 64:140-141 + Min.Rec.:20(5):388).]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Marcasite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Matildite
    AgBiS
     
    2
    Reference: [The Mines and Minerals of the Great American Rift, R.W. Holmes & M.B. Kennedy, 1983]
  		•  Miargyrite
    AgSbS
     
    2
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Orthoclase
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Pearceite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(As,Sb)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Petzite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AuTe
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Piemontite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    2
    		Mn
    3+
     
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Polybasite
    [(Ag,Cu)
     
    6
    		(Sb,As)
     
    2
    		S
     
    7
    		][Ag
     
    9
    		CuS
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Powellite
    Ca[MoO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]
  		•  Proustite
    Ag
     
    3
    		AsS
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Pyrargyrite
    Ag
     
    3
    		SbS
     
    3
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388; Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141; 65:114-149; 71:168-169]
  		•  Pyroxmangite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Pyrrhotite
    Fe
     
    7
    		S
     
    8
    		, (-4M), also given as Fe
     
    1-x
    		S (x = 0 - 0.2)
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Habit: Japan law twins, scepters
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:140-141; 71:168-169]
    Site Photo
    Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
    © 2003 John H. Betts
  		•  Quartz
    var: Milky Quartz
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]
  		•  Rhodochrosite
    MnCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Rhodonite
    MnSiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Description: found on levels 5-7 of the east campbird workings.
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388; Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141; 65:114-149;1:168-169]
    Site Photo
    Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
    © 2006 Peter Cristofono
  		•  'Sericite'
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Silver
    Ag
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:64:142-143.; Rocks & Min. (2009):84:414-425.]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388; Rocks & Min.: 23:704; 62:9; 64:140-141; 65:114-149; 71:168-169]
    Site Photo
    Camp Bird Mine, Ouray, Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District), Ouray Co., Colorado, USA
    © 2002 John H. Betts
  		•  Tetrahedrite
    (Cu,Fe,Ag,Zn)
     
    12
    		Sb
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Min.Rec.:20(5):388 (see also Rocks & Min.:62:9, 64:140-141 & 65:114-149).]
  		•  Uraninite
    UO
     
    2
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]
  		•  Zoisite
    {Ca
     
    2
    		}{Al
     
    3
    		}[O|OH|SiO
     
    4
    		|Si
     
    2
    		O
     
    7
    		]
    Reference: [Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckels]


    62 entries listed. 56 valid minerals. 2 erroneous literature entries.

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        • Sneffels District (Mount Sneffels District)
          • Ouray

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