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Locality Name:
Round Top Prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 38

mindat Locality ID: 43068
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43068.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Round Top Prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 31°16'57"N
Longitude: 105°28'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.2825,-105.47472222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Perovskite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Annite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cerussite ()*	Changbaiite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cryolite ()*
Elpasolite ()*	Fluellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kasolite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Quartz ()*	Thomsenolite ()*	Thorite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Th U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Th U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group
Perovskite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	48	38	356
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	48	38	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	48	38	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	48	38	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	48	38	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	48	38	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	48	38	4979
Changbaiite ()*	None	PbNb₂O₆	48	38	2
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	48	38	566
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	48	38	50
Elpasolite ()*	Perovskite	K₂NaAlF₆	48	38	16
Fluellite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)F₂(OH)·7H₂O	48	38	40
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	48	38	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	48	38	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	48	38	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	48	38	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	48	38	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	38	61156
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	48	38	23
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	48	38	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	48	38	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	48	38	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	48	38	5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	48	38	86

1 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
	NAVDAT-12667	48	38	47+1/-9					12667						43068	Round Top Prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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