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


mindat Locality ID: 3892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°58'59"N
Longitude: 117°53'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.983055555556,-117.89972222222
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na Ni O S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na Ni O S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArseniosideriteArsenoliteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
ClayConnelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineEpsomiteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MarcasiteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePlancheitePyriteQuartzSkutterudite
SpangoliteTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Morenosite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Plancheite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Retgersite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tangdanite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)30544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O091
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2021
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O084
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O074
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O055
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O0105
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Tangdanite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(SO4)0.5(OH)9·9H2O08
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070665Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070665
R060264Lovelock Mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060264

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