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Locality Name:
Cougar Hill, Alpha District, Sulphur Spring Range, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 294727
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294727.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cougar Hill, Alpha District, Sulphur Spring Range, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Klondike Project

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMalachiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Minium  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12372222734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212372225509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)123722211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)123722227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12372224979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2123722227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12372223531
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41237222109
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12372222970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212372229895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123722224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3123722214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12372221689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2123722212537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO1237222202
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41237222247
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2123722261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123722221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312372225317



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