Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cotton Co., Oklahoma, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cotton Co., Oklahoma, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Benson Prospect
Cherry Canyon
Eastman Prospect
Matthews Prospect
Randlett
Randlett Northwest -1
Taylor North-1
Temple East -1
Walters Meteorite
Whiskey Creek - 1
Whiskey Creek - 2
Whiskey Creek - 3

Latitude: 34°11'27"N
Longitude: 98°19'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.190833333333,-98.327222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Atacamite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Fluorite	Iron	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Spinel

Aragonite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Malachite ()*	Taenite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Troilite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Atacamite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite
Fluorite Iron Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	254517	3250
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	254516	544
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	254520	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	254516,254521	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	254517,254522	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	254517	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1	254520	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	6	254516,254521,254523,254525,254526,254527	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	254518	27198
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	254524	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	254524	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	254524	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	254521	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	254519	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	254518	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	254524	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	254524	1089
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	254516,254517,254518,254519,254521,254522,254523,254525,254526,254527	12537
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	254524	703
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	254518	1059
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	254524	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	254520	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	254518	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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