Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cotter River, Brindabella Range, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

mindat Locality ID: 22613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cotter River, Brindabella Range, Australian Capital Territory, Australia": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Congwarra Copper Lode (Cowley Copper Mine)
Paddy's River Cu Mine

Latitude: 35°19'53"S
Longitude: 148°56'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -35.331388888889,148.94027777778

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Epsomite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Leucophosphite	Linarite
Malachite	Mica	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite	Sulphur	Talc

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copiapite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epidote Epsomite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Leucophosphite Linarite
Malachite Mica Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite Sulphur Talc

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Berlinite ()*	Bianchite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*
Francoanellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gonyerite ()*
Goslarite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Huntite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Inesite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Langite ()*	Leucophosphite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*
Niter ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pickeringite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Sauconite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Todorokite ()*	Zincsilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	3942	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	3942	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3943	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	3942	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	3942	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3943	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	3941,3942	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	3942	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	3941	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	3942	11547
Berlinite ()*	Quartz	Al(PO₄)	1	3943	28
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	3942	40
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	3942	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	3942	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	1	3942	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	3942	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	3941,3942	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	3942	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	3942	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	3942	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	3942	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	3942	1025
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	3942	382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	3942	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	3943	310
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	3942	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	3942	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	3942	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	3942	8173
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	3942	86
Francoanellite ()*	None	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	3943	8
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	3941,3942	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	3942	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	3941	30554
Gonyerite ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mn²⁺₅Fe³⁺(Si₃Fe³⁺O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	3942	11
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	3942	188
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	3942	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	3942,3943	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	3942	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	3942	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	3942	1689
Huntite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaMg₃(CO₃)₄	1	3943	69
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	3943	341
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3942	65
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	3942	1066
Inesite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₇Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂·5H₂O	1	3942	50
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	3942	2228
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	3942	234
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	3942	593
Leucophosphite ()*	Leucophosphite	KFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O	1	3943	110
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	3941,3942	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	3942	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	3941,3942	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3942	17380
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	1	3943	80
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	1	3943	181
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	1	3943	46
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	3942	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	3942	2994
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	3942	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	3941,3942	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	3942	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	3942	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	3941,3942	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	3942	293
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	3942	56
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	3942	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	3942	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	3941,3942	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	3942	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	3941,3942	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	3942	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	3942	3337
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	3942	433
Zincsilite ()*	Smectite-vermiculite	Zn₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O (?)	2	3942,3943	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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