Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Cowboy Mine (East Cowboy), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 66522
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66522.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cowboy Mine (East Cowboy), Takilma District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°1'9"N
Longitude: 123°36'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.019166666667,-123.60722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Malachite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Talc	Wurtzite

Antigorite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Cubanite Epidote Malachite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Talc Wurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...