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Locality Name:
Allamoore Talc District, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 42149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allamoore Talc District, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 40
Child Localities:
Bill Quarry
Bobcat Mine
Buck Mine
Buck Springs Quarry
Car Body Quarry
Dal Claims
Dees Quarry
Diablo East Mine
Diablo West Mine
Escondido Mine
Garren Ranch Quarry
Gregory Prospect
Lost Cow Quarry
Neal Mann Prospect
Pink Chips Mine
Rex Quarry
Snow White Mine
Southwest Claims (Cyprus Mines Corp. Quarry)
T & P Number 1 Quarries
Texas Talc (Loyce) Mine - 1
Texas Talc (Loyce) Mine - 2
Texola Quarries
Tumbledown Mountain Mine
Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-G14-12)
Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-G14-18)
Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-G14-19)
Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-G14-20)
Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-H14-5)
Unnamed Prospects (VH-HU-G14-15)
Unnamed Prospects (VH-HU-G14-3)
Unnamed Prospects (VH-HU-G14-7)
Unnamed Prospects (VH-HU-H14-4)
Unnamed Prospects (VH-HU-H15-28)
Unnamed Quarries (VH-HU-G14-8)
Unnamed Quarry (VH-HU-G14-5)
Unnamed Quarry (VH-HU-H14-3)
Unnamed Quarry (VH-HU-H15-22)
Westex (Eagle Flat) Mine
Wilco Mine
Windmill Prospect

Latitude: 31°8'52"N
Longitude: 105°2'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.147777777778,-105.03722222222
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 Fe H K Mg Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayMicaNoneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTalc

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212703363419
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4270329,270333,270335,27033627770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)222270323,270324,270329,270330,270331,270332,270334,270335,270337,270338,270339,270341,270344,270345,270347,270348,270353,270354,270357,270360,270361,2703629895
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O12703361508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2127033017380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220270323,270326,270327,270329,270330,270332,270333,270334,270336,270337,270338,270339,270340,270341,270345,270347,270348,270357,270360,27036161156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)24270325,270330,270331,270341148
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)240270323,270324,270325,270326,270327,270328,270329,270330,270331,270332,270333,270334,270335,270336,270337,270338,270339,270340,270341,270342,270343,270344,270345,270346,270347,270348,270349,270350,270351,270352,270353,270354,270355,270356,270357,270358,270359,270360,270361,2703623337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212703362562


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