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Locality Name:
Ector Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 28343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ector Co., Texas, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jones Bros Pit - 2
Odessa
Penwell

Latitude: 31°46'47"N
Longitude: 102°28'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.779722222222,-102.46805555556
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Na O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAtacamiteAuricuprideCopperFeldsparHaxoniteIronNonePentlanditePerovskite
PyroxeneRocksaltRutileScacchiteSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Copper  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Graphite  (*)Halite  (*)Haxonite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hibbingite  (*)Iron  (*)Lawrencite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1270103312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12701038803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612701042060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe1270103166
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1270103203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412701033902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe3127010377
Copper  (*)CopperCu12701033846
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S41270103157
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O61270103944
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)20137
Graphite  (*)NoneC2270103,2701042812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6127010326
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S21270103205
Hibbingite  (*)AtacamiteFe2+2(OH)3Cl127010313
Iron  (*)IronFe2270103,2701041089
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl2127010330
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12701032349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812701031512
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212701035614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P2270103,270104374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127010321482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)2270103,270104703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS2270103,2701041044
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1270103372


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