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Locality Name:
Cooper Hill District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA


mindat Locality ID: 242826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-242826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cooper Hill District, Carbon Co., Wyoming, USA": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Albion Mine
Clara B. Prospect (Morgan Prospect)
Cooper Creek Adit
Copper King Prospect
Copper Queen Mine
Croesus Tunnel
Emma G. Mine
Little Ella - Senator Stewart Mine
Little Johnie Tunnel
North Fork Cooper Creek
Quartz Pebble Conglomerate
Richmond Mine (North Star Mine)
Rip Van Winkle Mine
Silver King Prospect
Silver Queen Mine
South Fork Cooper Creek
South Fork Dutton Creek
West Fork Dutton Creek

Latitude: 41°33'27"N
Longitude: 106°8'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.5575,-106.14638888889
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 Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
GarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldmanite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uvarovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22290547,2905493419
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412905365516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2290547,29054927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3290536,290547,2905495707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25290536,290538,290547,290549,29055027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12905503531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12905502970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2290536,2905498173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129053624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu6290545,290547,290548,290551,290552,29055330554
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3031
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3129054614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23290547,290549,29055012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23290536,290546,29055017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22290536,29054739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211290536,290537,290538,290540,290542,290543,290546,290547,290548,290549,29055061156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)30212


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