Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Val Verde Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 46169
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46169.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Val Verde Co., Texas, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Andy White Ranch
Del Rio Meteorite
Howard Draw Deposit (Mills Ranch)
Ingram-Howe Deposit
Kothman Ranch
Langtry Cavern
Manganese Deposits
Pandale Deposit (Mills Ranch)
Walter Babb Deposit

Latitude: 30°2'35"N
Longitude: 101°29'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.043055555556,-101.49333333333

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.

Baryte	Gypsum	Iron	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

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: Ba Ca Cr Fe H Mn Ni O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Gypsum Iron None Quartz Rutile Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Celestine ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Iron ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	271061	11547
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	271059	1252
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	271060	157
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	271064	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	271060	1089
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	5	271062,271065,271068,271069,271070	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	271063	61156
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	271060	374
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	271060	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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