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Locality Name:
Nickel Mine (Bell Nickel; Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Mine; London And Liverpool Mines), Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 60981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nickel Mine (Bell Nickel; Cottonwood Canyon Nickel Mine; London And Liverpool Mines), Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°59'24"N
Longitude: 117°54'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.99,-117.9075

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmorphousAndalusiteAragoniteArseniosideriteAutuniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayCyanotrichiteEpsomiteEuchlorineFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMillerite
MixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
SkutteruditeSpinelTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fedotovite  (*)Greigite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Kamchatkite  (*)
Kurumsakite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lizardite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mixite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Quartz  (*)Retgersite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Zaratite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O091
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fedotovite  (*)EuchlorineK2Cu3O(SO4)304
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4062
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Kamchatkite  (*)NoneKCu3O(SO4)2Cl02
Kurumsakite  (*)NoneZn8Al8V5+2Si5O35·27H2O (?)03
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O0182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O084
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O055
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O056
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O0185



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