Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

mindat Locality ID: 238090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lovelock Mine
Nickel Mine (Bell Nickel; Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Mine; London And Liverpool Mines)

Latitude: 39°59'11"N
Longitude: 117°54'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.986388888889,-117.90333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Adelite	Allophane	Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolite	Atacamite	Autunite	Baryte
Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Epsomite
Euchlorine	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	Mixite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Plancheite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Skutterudite
Spangolite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Atacamite Autunite Baryte
Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Epsomite
Euchlorine Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Millerite Mixite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Plancheite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Skutterudite
Spangolite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Connellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cyanotrichite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dickite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fedotovite ()*
Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Kamchatkite ()*	Kurumsakite ()*
Lavendulan ()*	Lizardite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Mixite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Plancheite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Tangdanite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zaratite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	234932	254
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	234931,234932	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	234932	3250
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	2	234931,234932	194
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	234931	231
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	234931	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	234931,234932	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	234932	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	234931,234932	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	234931	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	234931	88
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	2	234931,234932	91
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	2	234931,234932	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	234931,234932	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	234932	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	234931	3531
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	234931	21
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	234932	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	234931	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	234931,234932	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	2	234931,234932	179
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	234931	366
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	234931,234932	651
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	234931,234932	814
Fedotovite ()*	Euchlorine	K₂Cu₃O(SO₄)₃	1	234932	4
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	234932	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	234931	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	234932	103
Kamchatkite ()*	None	KCu₃O(SO₄)₂Cl	1	234932	2
Kurumsakite ()*	None	Zn₈Al₈V⁵⁺₂Si₅O₃₅·27H₂O (?)	1	234932	3
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	2	234931,234932	149
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	234932	359
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	234931	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	234931,234932	5674
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	234932	182
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	234931,234932	1066
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	234932	168
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	234931,234932	84
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2	234931,234932	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	2	234931,234932	176
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	234931,234932	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2	234931,234932	767
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	234932	428
Plancheite ()*	Plancheite	Cu₈(Si₄O₁₁)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	234931	74
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	234931,234932	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	234931	233
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	2	234931,234932	55
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	234931	317
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	234931	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	234932	2473
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	1	234931	105
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	2	234931,234932	90
Tangdanite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)_0.5(OH)₉·9H₂O	1	234931	8
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	234931	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	234931,234932	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	2	234931,234932	245
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	234931,234932	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	234932	380
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	234932	56
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	234932	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070665	Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R070665
R060264	Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA	https://rruff.info/R060264

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

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