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Locality Name:
Chinati Mts, Presidio Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 42408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chinati Mts, Presidio Co., Texas, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Agua Vein
Burney Mine
Corral Area Prospect
Fluorspar Prospect (PR-PR-Q18-4)
Hillside Adit
Motor Vein
New Camp Prospect
Rock House Area Prospect
Runaway Vein
San Antonio Mine
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-Q18-10)
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-Q18-7)
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-Q18-8)
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-Q18-9)
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-Q19-2)
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-Q19-6)
Wood Prospect (Ojo Bonito Prospect)

Latitude: 29°54'44"N
Longitude: 104°30'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.912222222222,-104.50138888889
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12708822793
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12708821588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22270867,2708795509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2270867,27087511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)127088227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22270867,27088227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2270867,2708701382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12708793531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25270867,270868,270869,270870,2708759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5270867,270869,270870,270875,27088224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127086714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43270867,270875,2708825591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22270867,27087912537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O4270867,270875,270879,2708821508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127086717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12708792349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22270867,27088239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25270867,270868,270875,270879,27088261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5270867,270869,270870,270875,27088221482


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