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Locality Name:
Castro Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 250574
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250574.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castro Co., Texas, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dimmitt

Latitude: 34°31'59"N
Longitude: 102°14'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.533055555556,-102.2475
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 Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCeriteDiamondFeldsparIronNoneOlivinePyroxeneRocksalt
Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Forsterite  (*)Graphite  (*)Halite  (*)Iron  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Schreibersite  (*)Spinel  (*)Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12699228803
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12699223250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612699222060
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1269922203
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412699223902
Diamond  (*)DiamondC1269922697
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12699221188
Graphite  (*)NoneC12699222812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Iron  (*)IronFe12699221089
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126992214899
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P1269922374
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412699221934
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1269922703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1269922116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12699221044
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)61269922104


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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