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Locality Name:
Copper Mountain Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 7192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mountain Mining District, Fremont Co., Wyoming, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Cliff No. 1 Occurrence
Copper Glance Group Prospects
Copper Mountain Area Occurrence (Hoodo Creek Area; Birdseye Creek Area; Dry Creek Area)
Copper Mountain No. 2
DePass Mine (Williams-Luman Mine)
Guffy Peak
Hoodoo Creek Claims
Riverton Mining Company Prospect
Romur Claims
Unknown Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10278631)
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10254221)
Unknown Iron Occurrence (MRDS - 10254370)
Unknown Iron Prospect (MRDS - 10181824)
Unknown Tungsten - Abrasive - Garnet Occurrence (MRDS - 10133478)
Unknown Tungsten Occurrence (MRDS - 10133680)
Unnamed Iron Mine (MRDS - 10080941)
West Bridger Mine

Latitude: 43°25'31"N
Longitude: 107°58'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.425277777778,-107.97666666667
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 Au C Cu Fe H K O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO512915201310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129151227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu129151230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129152014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2129152017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129151261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg12915125186


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