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Locality Name:
Coso Hot Springs Deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 0.22
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0.18

mindat Locality ID: 11574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coso Hot Springs Deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler)

Latitude: 36°1'18"N
Longitude: 117°46'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.021666666667,-117.76861111111

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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousBotryogenChalcanthiteCopiapiteCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteCristobaliteGypsum
HalotrichiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteSulphurVoltaite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Botryogen  (*)Butlerite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinoferrosilite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kornelite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Opal  (*)Parabutlerite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Sulphur  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)60.220.181157290966
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O0.220.180272
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O0.220.18045
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O0.220.18115729026
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0.220.181157290925
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS0.220.182157290,1572912600
Clinoferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O60.220.18018
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0.220.181157290382
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O0.220.181157290136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS0.220.1811572904165
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20.220.180453
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0.220.18041
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O0.220.1811572906890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0.220.181157290409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O30.220.18115729014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60.220.1811572902228
Kornelite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+2(SO4)3·7H2O (?)0.220.18115729021
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS0.220.182157290,157291255
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O0.220.182157290,1572912994
Parabutlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O0.220.18115729023
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS20.220.182157290,15729139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO20.220.182157290,15729161156
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O0.220.18053
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS0.220.182157290,1572912045
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O0.220.181157290111



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
NAVDAT-53430.220.180.2±0.02   5343    25091Coso Mine (Devil's Kitchen; Atlas; Lynch & Lynch; Nicol; Walley-Mickey & Wheeler), Coso Hot Springs Deposit, Coso Hot Springs, Coso District (New Coso District), Coso Mts (Coso Range), Inyo Co., California, USA NAVDAT NAVDAT 


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