Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cougar Mine (Cougar Ventures C-SR-15), Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA

mindat Locality ID: 119436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-119436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cougar Mine (Cougar Ventures C-SR-15), Slick Rock District, San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°3'33"N
Longitude: 108°55'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.059166666667,-108.92555555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Pascoite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Straczekite	Sulphur	Volborthite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Corvusite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eucairite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Pascoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Volborthite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Ti U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Digenite Gypsum Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Pascoite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Straczekite Sulphur Volborthite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	1184
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Corvusite ()*	Straczekite	(Na,Ca,K)_1-x(V⁵⁺,V⁴⁺,Fe²⁺)₈O₂₀·4H₂O	79
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	54
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	136
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	192
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	143
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	628
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	155

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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