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Comparing Localities

Comparing:

La Plata County, Colorado, USA

with

Shoshone County, Idaho, USA

Mineral Lists

La Plata County, Colorado, USAShoshone County, Idaho, USA
AcanthiteAcanthite
ActinoliteActinolite
Aegirine
Aikinite
Albite
Alluvial depositAlluvial deposit
Almandine
Altaite
Anatase
Andalusite
AndraditeAndradite
AnglesiteAnglesite
AnkeriteAnkerite
Anorthosite
AnthophylliteAnthophyllite
ApatiteApatite
Aragonite
Argentite
Argentotennantite-(Zn)
Argillite
ArsenopyriteArsenopyrite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Austinite
(Var: Copper-bearing Austinite)
Autunite
AzuriteAzurite
BaryteBaryte
Beryl
Betekhtinite
Bindheimite
BiotiteBiotite
Biotite gneiss
Biotite schist
Bismuthinite?
Bobjonesite
Bohdanowiczite
BorniteBornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brochantite
Bromargyrite
Brookite
Calaverite
CalciteCalcite
Caledonite
Camptonite
Carnotite
Cattierite
CerussiteCerussite
Cervantite
ChalcanthiteChalcanthite
ChalcociteChalcocite
ChalcopyriteChalcopyrite
Chalcostibite?
ChlorargyriteChlorargyrite
Chlorite GroupChlorite Group
Chrysoberyl
ChrysocollaChrysocolla
CinnabarCinnabar
Clausthalite
Clay
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Clinozoisite
Coloradoite
Colusite?
Conglomerate
Conichalcite
CopperCopper
Copper Stain
Corundum
Cosalite?
CovelliteCovellite
Cubanite
CupriteCuprite
Dacite
Dickite
Diopside
DioriteDiorite
Dolerite
DolomiteDolomite
Dolostone
Domeykite
Enargite
EpidoteEpidote
Erythrite
Fayalite-Forsterite Series
Feldspar Group
Ferro-anthophyllite (TL)
Fluorite
Freibergite SubgroupFreibergite Subgroup
GalenaGalena
(Var: Silver-bearing Galena)
Garnet GroupGarnet Group
Gersdorffite
GneissGneiss
Goethite
GoldGold
(Var: Electrum)
Goldfieldite
Gossan
Granite
Granodiorite
GravelGravel
Greenockite
Grunerite
Gummite
Gypsum
Halloysite
Hedenbergite?
HematiteHematite
(Var: Martite)
(Var: Specularite)(Var: Specularite)
HemimorphiteHemimorphite
Hessite
Hornblende Root Name GroupHornblende Root Name Group
Hornblende gneiss
Hornfels
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Jamesite
Jamesonite
K FeldsparK Feldspar
(Var: Adularia)
Kaolinite
Kermesite
Krennerite
Kyanite
Lamprophyre
Lead
Leadhillite
LimestoneLimestone
LimoniteLimonite
Linarite
Luzonite
Magnesite
MagnetiteMagnetite
Magnolite
MalachiteMalachite
Manganese Oxides
Marble
MarcasiteMarcasite
Massicot
Matildite
MelanteriteMelanterite
Meneghinite
Mercury
Merenskyite
Meta-argillite
Metatorbernite
Miargyrite
Mica Group
Mica schist
Microcline
Minium
MolybdeniteMolybdenite
Monazite
Montbrayite
Monzodiorite
Monzogranite
MonzoniteMonzonite
Mud
Mudstone
Mullite
MuscoviteMuscovite
(Var: Sericite)(Var: Sericite)
Muscovite schist
Nickeline
Nontronite
Ourayite
Palladium?
Pearceite
PegmatitePegmatite
Penfieldite
Pentlandite
Petzite
Phyllite
Pickeringite
Plagioclase
Platinum?
Plattnerite
PolybasitePolybasite
PorphyryPorphyry
ProustiteProustite
Psilomelane
PyrargyritePyrargyrite
PyritePyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Group
PyrrhotitePyrrhotite
QuartzQuartz
(Var: Chalcedony)
Quartz-monzonite
QuartziteQuartzite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Rhombohedral Carbonate
Roscoelite
RutileRutile
SandSand
SandstoneSandstone
Sanidine
Scapolite
ScheeliteScheelite
SchistSchist
Schorl
Sedimentary rock
ShaleShale
SideriteSiderite
(Var: Mg-rich Siderite)
Sillimanite
Siltstone
SilverSilver
(Var: Native Amalgam)
Slate
SmithsoniteSmithsonite
Sopcheite
SphaleriteSphalerite
StauroliteStaurolite
StephaniteStephanite
Stibiconite
Stibnite
Stilpnomelane
(Var: Ferristilpnomelane)
Stromeyerite
Stützite
Sulphur
SyeniteSyenite
SylvaniteSylvanite
Szomolnokite
Talc
Tellurium
Tennantite SubgroupTennantite Subgroup
Tenorite
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Group
Tetrahedrite SubgroupTetrahedrite Subgroup
(Var: Silver-bearing Tetrahedrite)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)
Thorite
TitaniteTitanite
Torbernite
TourmalineTourmaline
TremoliteTremolite
Troilite?
Tyrolite
Tyuyamunite
UraniniteUraninite
(Var: Pitchblende)
Uranophane
Valentinite
Vesuvianite
Volborthite
WadWad
Willemite?
Wulfenite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon
Zoisite
Zálesíite
Total: 161Total: 181

Chemistry

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

ElementLa Plata County, Colorado, USAShoshone County, Idaho, USATotal approved
H36383391
Be02133
B12304
C1116491
O71904901
F32487
Na231151
Mg710829
Al15221217
Si30361673
P53748
S44471328
Cl24447
K85606
Ca20201528
Ti54429
V60290
Mn12718
Fe24331381
Co1178
Ni03207
Cu2826820
Zn95345
As139781
Se20159
Br1018
Y10141
Zr01145
Mo1292
Pd3085
Ag2113231
Cd0132
Sb717338
Te151208
Ba11279
W1154
Pt1047
Au6341
Hg41109
Pb921637
Bi61251
Th1042
U72311

Statistics

Total Rows:263
Total Matches:79
Percent Matches:30.04%
 
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