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Locality Name:
Cottonwood District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 37191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cottonwood District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cottonwood Creek Area
Hog Ranch Mine
Rodeo Canyon Area
Ross Prospect
White Mountain Deposit
Wild Horse Canyon Area

Latitude: 40°27'27"N
Longitude: 119°34'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.4575,-119.57027777778
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorrensiteEpidoteGarnet
KaoliniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite
Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tosudite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12410619052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124105427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124105927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS12410512600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41241051651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612410544135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12410548173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124105524243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312410541544
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142241049,241050784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612410522228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412410515591
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41241051112
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24241049,241050,241054,24106139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812410599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26241049,241050,241051,241054,241057,24106161156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12410544894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2241049,24105021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32241051,2410563418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132241049,2410505317
Tosudite  (*)Corrensite ClayNa0.5(Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)8O18(OH)12·5H2O2241051,24105736
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212410542562


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