Introduction
 

Geologic History and Rock Units

     Precambrian

     Paleozoic

        Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian

        Devonian, Mississippian

        Pennsylvania, Permian
 

Mesozoic

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Cenozoic

Tertiary

Quaternary

Emplacement of Ore Bodies

Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary

Middle Tertiary - Later Tertiary

Quaternary - Recent

Mining Districts of the Ouray Area

Mining Districts

Ouray (Uncompahgre) District

Upper Uncompahgre District

Red Mountain District

Sneffels - Telluride District

Poughkeepsie District

Mineral Point District

Engineer Mountain District

Eureka District

Geologic Roadlogs of the Ouray Area

The Road Logs

Road log 1 Ouray to Red Mountain Pass

Road log 2 Ouray to Camp Bird

Road log 3 Camp Bird to Yankee Boy Basin

Road log 4 Yankee Boy Road to Governor Basin

Road log 5 Camp Bird Millsite to Imogene Pass

Road log 6 Ouray to Portland Mine

Road log 7 Ironton to Brown Mountain

Road log 8 Red Mountain - Guston Loop

Road log 9 Red Mountain Pass to Ingram Pass

Road log 10 State Bridge to Engineer Pass

Road log 11 Engineer Junction to Animas Forks

Road log 12 North Fork to Mineral Point

Road log 13 Ironton Park to Animas Forks

Road log 14 Placer Gulch - Picayune Gulch

Bibliography

Glossary

Index