Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Corudas Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 43073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corudas Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Miller Mountain
Pump Station Hills
Sierra Diablo

Latitude: 31°32'27"N
Longitude: 105°16'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.540833333333,-105.26694444444

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.

Analcime	Eudialyte	Feldspar	None	Pyroxene	Spinel	Tridymite	Zircon

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 Ca Cl Fe H K Na O Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Eudialyte Feldspar None Pyroxene Spinel Tridymite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Magnetite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	38	26	2	270373,270374	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	270374	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	38	26	1	270373	1627
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	38	26	2	270373,270375	182
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	270374	14899
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	38	26	2	270373,270374	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	270374	2349
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	270374	5251

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-38431	38	26	32±6	38431	43073	Corudas Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-35324	38	26	32±6	35324	42148	Miller Mountain, Corudas Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-35335	38	26	32±6	35335	42148	Miller Mountain, Corudas Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-35336	38	26	32±6	35336	42148	Miller Mountain, Corudas Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

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