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Locality Name:
Cottonwood Creek, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158313
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158313.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cottonwood Creek, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USA": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Mount Baldy District

Latitude: 38°22'13"N
Longitude: 112°18'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.370277777778,-112.31083333333

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCancrinite-sodalite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichite
DevillineEpidoteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteKtenasiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSulphur
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Campigliaite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Helvine  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12752162793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)69275202,275203,275204,275205,275206,275207,275209,275210,275218966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212752112162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2275211,2752162734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2275211,27521311547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61275211413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612752111633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3275211,275213,27521727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61275211359
Campigliaite  (*)DevillineCu4Mn2+(SO4)2(OH)6·4H2O12752116
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O127521188
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212752115171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3275210,275211,2752164979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1275211925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22275208,27521127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12752161382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12752132600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812752111756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS12752114165
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24127521143
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42275203,275205651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212752119895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12752118173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212752119617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4275210,275211,275216,27521724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3275211,275216,27522130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12752066890
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S1275211237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33275203,275211,27522014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1275211804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1275211469
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612752111066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612752112228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412752035591
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O127521175
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23275208,275211,27522012537
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS1275213255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl12752111107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212752115800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127521117380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S31275211511
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O127521140
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61275211477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26275206,275208,275211,275212,275213,27522139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212752113106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31275211244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29275203,275205,275206,275208,275211,275217,275218,275220,27522161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS1275211712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)12752111711
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1275211142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1275211292
Silver  (*)CopperAg12752115186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2275210,2752112473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6275208,275210,275211,275213,275217,27522021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS12752112045
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1275211510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134275208,275210,275211,2752215317
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe127521383
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12752114899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212752112562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212752112718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42275211,2752161655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1275208372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12752115251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060463Lucky Boy Mine, Mount Baldy District, Cottonwood Creek, Tushar Mts, Piute Co., Utah, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060463


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