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Locality Name:
Odessa Craters, Odessa, Ector Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 4134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Odessa Craters, Odessa, Ector Co., Texas, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Odessa (iron) Meteorite

Latitude: 31°45'24"N
Longitude: 102°28'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.756666666667,-102.47888888889
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: Al C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAtacamiteAuricuprideCopperFeldsparHaxoniteIronNonePentlanditePerovskite
PyroxeneRocksaltRutileScacchiteSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Cohenite  (*)Copper  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Graphite  (*)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  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612701042060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe0166
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl0203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cohenite  (*)PerovskiteCFe3077
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S40157
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Graphite  (*)NoneC12701042812
Haxonite  (*)Haxonite(Fe,Ni)23C6026
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hibbingite  (*)AtacamiteFe2+2(OH)3Cl013
Iron  (*)IronFe12701041089
Lawrencite  (*)ScacchiteFeCl2030
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1270104374
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1270104703
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12701041044
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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