Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coso 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

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

mindat Locality ID: 25091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coso 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": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wheeler Area Mine (Coso Mine)

Latitude: 36°1'19"N
Longitude: 117°46'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.021944444444,-117.76888888889

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Chalcanthite	Copiapite	Coquimbite	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Voltaite

Alunite ()*	Butlerite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copiapite ()*
Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kornelite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Opal ()*	Parabutlerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Voltaite ()*

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 O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Chalcanthite Copiapite Coquimbite Corundum Covellite Gypsum Halotrichite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Sulphur Voltaite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.22	0.18	0		966
Butlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		26
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		925
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	0.22	0.18	1	157291	2600
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		382
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0.22	0.18	0		4165
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0.22	0.18	0		14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	0.22	0.18	0		2228
Kornelite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺₂(SO₄)₃·7H₂O (?)	0.22	0.18	0		21
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	0.22	0.18	1	157291	255
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	0.22	0.18	1	157291	2994
Parabutlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·2H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		23
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0.22	0.18	1	157291	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0.22	0.18	1	157291	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0.22	0.18	1	157291	2045
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	0.22	0.18	0		111

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-5343	0.22	0.18	0.2±0.02					5343						25091	Coso 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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