Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cornucopia, Cornucopia District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA

mindat Locality ID: 269428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cornucopia, Cornucopia District, Baker Co., Oregon, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cornucopia Mine

Latitude: 45°1'21"N
Longitude: 117°13'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.0225,-117.21694444444

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.

Chalcopyrite	Copper	Melonite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 Au Cu Fe Hg Pb S Sb Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Copper Melonite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Petzite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	255179	27198
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	255179	169
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	255179	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	255179	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	255179	804
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	255179	409
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	255179	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	255179	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	255179	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	255179	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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