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Locality Name:
Cottonwood Cave, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cottonwood Cave, Eddy Co., New Mexico, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°4'39"N
Longitude: 104°44'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.0775,-104.73694444444
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 Ca Fe H K Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluminiteAluniteClayGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneSulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Aluminite  (*)Dickite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrobasaluminite  (*)
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natroalunite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O078
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)30504
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hydrobasaluminite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·15H2O012
Halloysite-10Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O062
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Natroalunite  (*)AluniteNaAl3(SO4)2(OH)60128
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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