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Locality Name:
Cable Cove District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA


mindat Locality ID: 213473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cable Cove District, Grant Co., Oregon, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 21
Child Localities:
Alpine Group (Orienta; Alarm; Mormon Girl)
Baby McKee Mine
California Mine
Elk Heaven (Owl And Elephant)
Gold Prospect (MRDS - 10036578)
Grand Central Mine
Granite Group
Gypsy Claims
Imperial - Eagle Group (Winchester; Ivy May; Imperial)
Ivy Mae
Jersey Group (Black Jack)
Last Chance Mine
Lead Lode Occurrence (Part Of The Elk Heaven Group; Constellation Group)
Molly Gibson Occurrence
Moon Anchor Mine
Mormon Boy Occurrence
Mountain View Prospect
Rob Roy Occurrence
Stibnite Occurrence (MRDS - 10036579)
Storm King Occurrence (Baby McKee; Advance Mining Company)
Summit Vein Occurrence (Part Of The Elk Heaven Group)

Latitude: 44°52'11"N
Longitude: 118°16'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.869722222222,-118.27277777778
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 K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12576949052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412577055516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3257694,257695,25770127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS27257694,257695,257696,257701,257702,257705,25770627198
Copper  (*)CopperCu12577123846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8257694,257695,257696,257701,257702,257705,257711,25771224243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212577015800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22257701,25771117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS210257694,257695,257696,257698,257702,257705,257706,257710,257711,25771339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29257694,257695,257698,257701,257705,257706,257710,257711,25771361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5257694,257695,257701,257705,25771221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312577113418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312577055317


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