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Rochester Mine, Hematite Gulch, Animas Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USAi
Regional Level Types
Rochester MineMine
Hematite GulchGulch
Animas Mining DistrictMining District
San Juan CountyCounty
ColoradoState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 50' 17'' North , 107° 36' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.83832,-107.60022
GeoHash:
G#: 9werr2rbj
GRN:
N26W61
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Silverton637 (2011)6.4km
Ophir169 (2017)20.5km
Ouray1,008 (2017)21.4km
Telluride2,399 (2018)21.6km
Mountain Village1,395 (2017)24.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
194459
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:194459:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Located on the west side of the Animas River just north of Hematite Gulch, this mine contains sharp quartz pseudomorphs after tabular barite crystals to 10cm in length.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Psewudomorphs after barite

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz4.DA.05SiO2

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2

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North America PlateTectonic Plate
USA

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