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:
Pena Blanca Spring Meteorite, Gage Ranch, Marathon, Brewster Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 243957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pena Blanca Spring Meteorite, Gage Ranch, Marathon, Brewster Co., Texas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°7'30"N
Longitude: 103°7'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.125,-103.11833333333

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.

Djerfisherite	Iron	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Scacchite	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: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe K Mg Na Ni O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Djerfisherite Iron None Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Scacchite Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Caswellsilverite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Iron ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Taenite ()*
Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Caswellsilverite ()*	Scacchite	NaCrS₂	5
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	60
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1089
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	58
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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