Silver Link Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Silver Link Mine | Mine |
| Upper Uncompahgre River | River |
| Ouray Mining District | Mining District |
| Ouray County | County |
| Colorado | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 59' 14'' North , 107° 38' 24'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ouray | 1,008 (2017) | 4.8km |
| Portland | 135 (2011) | 11.7km |
| Telluride | 2,399 (2018) | 16.1km |
| Silverton | 637 (2011) | 19.6km |
| Mountain Village | 1,395 (2017) | 20.0km |
Rosemeyer described the Silver Link Mine, its location, and associated claims and minerals with considerable detail. Of special note were anatase, brookite, and rutile (associated with bornite and tetrahedrite) located in a quartz vein.
Clay Greathouse, who is very familiar with San Juan area, provides an anecdotal description and photos of the "Silver Link Mine" in his web page. In addition, Bob Loeffler, a Colorado rockhounder, describes the same mine at Rosemeyer's reported location south of Ouray, Colorado. Loeffler also lists the minerals reported by Rosemeyer in 1993.
According to U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS):
Past Producer in San Juan county in Colorado...with commodity Uranium. The deposit is noted to exist in the Dakota Sandstone and Burro Canyon Formation in a fractured and faulted fissure vein. However, the geographic coordinates in MRDS are not correct (they map in to the middle of a farm field near Crawford, Delta Co., Colorado), and the report may reflect confusion with (an)other mine(s).
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
13 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Anatase Formula: TiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ Bornite Formula: Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ Brookite Formula: TiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Enargite Formula: Cu3AsS4 |
| ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Rutile Formula: TiO2 References: |
| ⓘ Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
| ⓘ Siderite var. Manganese-bearing Siderite Formula: (Fe,Mn)CO3 |
| ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| ⓘ | Enargite | 2.KA.05 | Cu3AsS4 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Rutile | 4.DB.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | Anatase | 4.DD.05 | TiO2 |
| ⓘ | Brookite | 4.DD.10 | TiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
| ⓘ | var. Manganese-bearing Siderite | 5.AB.05 | (Fe,Mn)CO3 |
| ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Southern Rocky MountainsOrogenic Belt
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- San Juan MountainsMountain Range
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Silver Link Mine, Upper Uncompahgre River, Ouray Mining District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA