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Locality Name:
Cornucopia District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA


mindat Locality ID: 36660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-36660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cornucopia District, Elko Co., Nevada, USA": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cornucopia Mine (Leopard Claim)
Gold-silver Prospect (INM; SF; Wild Horse; Shirley Claims)
Hussey (South Leopard; Republic; Cornucopia)
Leonard Mine
Panther Mine (Eagle Mine; Little Mine; Oz Mine; Paw Claims)
Silver-gold Prospect (Jasper Claims; Bob Claims)
Unnamed Deposit
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 41°32'6"N
Longitude: 116°17'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.535,-116.29416666667
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 Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al H K O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteCalciteClayCopperKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSerpentineSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)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
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12358232793
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3235823,235827,2358301382
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4123582354
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS123582624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu123583030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41235829112
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2123582339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3235823,235827,2358301725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23235823,235827,23583061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12358236417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS123582321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312358235317


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