Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Permian Copper Deposits, Stonewall Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 42450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Permian Copper Deposits, Stonewall Co., Texas, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Aard Copper Mine (Farris Prospect)
Copper Queen Mine
Hugh Rogers Prospect (Smelter Canyon Prospect; Kiowa Peak Prospect)
Old Glory Prospect

Latitude: 33°12'43"N
Longitude: 100°5'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.211944444444,-100.08388888889

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.

Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Covellite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*

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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	0		5509
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	1	270999	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	0		4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	270999	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	0		24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	0		6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	3	270998,270999,271000	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	0		39462

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00740	260	260	Permian										Cu	42451	Aard Copper Mine (Farris Prospect), Permian Copper Deposits, Stonewall Co., Texas, USA	Farris	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107
	sedcu-00739	260	260	Permian										Cu	42452	Copper Queen Mine, Permian Copper Deposits, Stonewall Co., Texas, USA	Copper Queen	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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