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Locality Name:
Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 25015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Little Blanca Mountain Prospects
Little Round Top Prospects
Round Top Prospects
Sierra Blanca Occurrences (north)
Sierra Blanca Occurrences (south)
Triple Hill

Latitude: 31°16'13"N
Longitude: 105°26'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.270277777778,-105.44111111111

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel
Turquoise	Zircon

Annite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cerussite ()*	Changbaiite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cryolite ()*	Elpasolite ()*	Fluellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Thomsenolite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H Nb O P Th Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrochlore Quartz Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Spinel
Turquoise Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	48	38	1	270449	356
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	38	1	270449	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	48	38	3	270447,270448,270449	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	270447	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	26	5	270447,270448,270449,270450,270451	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	48	38	2	270447,270449	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	48	38	1	270449	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	48	38	1	270449	4979
Changbaiite ()*	None	PbNb₂O₆	48	38	1	270449	2
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	48	38	1	270449	566
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	48	26	0		518
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	48	38	1	270449	50
Elpasolite ()*	Perovskite	K₂NaAlF₆	48	38	1	270449	16
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O	48	38	1	270449	40
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	48	26	5	270447,270448,270449,270450,270451	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	48	38	1	270449	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)			1	270447	56
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	48	38	1	270449	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	48	38	1	270449	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	48	38	2	270447,270449	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	270447	1508
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	270447	2994
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	270447	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	26	5	270447,270448,270449,270450,270451	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	48	26	0		5614
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	48	38	1	270449	23
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	48	26	0		236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	48	38	2	270447,270449	1006
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	48	26	0		484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	48	38	1	270449	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	48	38	1	270449	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	48	38	1	270449	5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	48	38	1	270449	86

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-12667	48	38	47+1/-9	12667	43068	Round Top Prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-12674	48	38	40.6+7.4/-2.6	12674	43071	Sierra Blanca Occurrences (north), Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7132	38	26	36.2+1.8/-10.2	7132	43071	Sierra Blanca Occurrences (north), Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7129	38	26	32±6	7129	69141	Triple Hill, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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