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Locality Name:
Culberson Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 25610
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25610.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Culberson Co., Texas, USA": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 58

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Apache Mts
Apache Peak Area
Culberson Frash Sulfur Mine
Guadalupe Mts
Kent
Rock House Facility
Rock House Mine
Rustler Springs
Seven Heart Gap
Seven Heart Gap Barite Deposits
Sierra Diablo
Tumbledown Mine
Unnamed Occurrence (MA-CU-J15-4)
Unnamed Occurrence (MRDS 10085763)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS 10085576)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS 10085578)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS 10085761)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS 10085762)
Unnamed Prospect (MRDS 10096726)
Van Horn
Van Horn Mts
Van Horn-Allamoore District
Wiley Mts

Latitude: 31°24'46"N
Longitude: 104°35'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.412777777778,-104.58916666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Aphthitalite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte
Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melilite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Spurrite-Afwillite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tobermorite	Tourmaline	Tridymite
Turquoise	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti U V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ca Cl H Mg Na O P Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Analcime Aphthitalite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte
Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melilite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Spurrite-Afwillite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Tobermorite Tourmaline Tridymite
Turquoise Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

92 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Åkermanite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baddeleyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bornite ()*	Bredigite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcio-olivine ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gehlenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Larnite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lüneburgite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merwinite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Periclase ()*
Perovskite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rankinite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*
Tilleyite ()*	Tobermorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xonotlite ()*	Zeophyllite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirkelite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	270055	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	270032	1022
Åkermanite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂MgSi₂O₇	38	26	1	269994	50
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	270047	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	38	26	1	269994	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			23	270005,270006,270007,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270013,270014,270015,270017,270018,270019,270020,270021,270022,270023,270024,270025,270026,270027,270030	1588
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	270032	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	270032	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	269998	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	269998,270052,270056	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	270032	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			30	269995,270005,270006,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270014,270015,270017,270018,270020,270021,270023,270024,270025,270027,270029,270030,270035,270041,270042,270043,270044,270047,270052,270054,270055,270056	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	269998	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	38	26	4	269994,270052,270054,270055	5516
Bredigite ()*	None	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	38	26	1	269994	13
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	38	26	1	269994	462
Calcio-olivine ()*	Olivine	Ca₂(SiO₄)	38	26	1	269994	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	26	43	269991,269994,269995,269997,269998,269999,270000,270001,270005,270006,270007,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270013,270014,270015,270017,270018,270019,270020,270021,270022,270023,270024,270025,270026,270027,270029,270030,270036,270039,270040,270041,270043,270047,270052,270054,270055,270056,270057	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			1	270051	1184
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	270032,270033	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			19	270005,270006,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270014,270015,270017,270018,270020,270021,270022,270023,270024,270025,270027,270030	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	270052,270055	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	270032,270033,270052,270054,270055,270056	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	270032	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	270032,270055	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4	270032,270052,270055,270056	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	270032	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	38	26	1	269994	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆			1	270055	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	38	26	25	269994,270005,270006,270007,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270013,270014,270015,270017,270018,270019,270020,270021,270022,270023,270024,270025,270026,270027,270029,270052	9895
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	270032	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	38	26	6	269994,269998,269999,270032,270033,270036	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	38	26	1	269994	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	270052,270055,270056	24243
Gehlenite ()*	Melilite	Ca₂Al(SiAl)O₇	38	26	1	269994	114
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			6	270032,270033,270053,270054,270055,270056	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	270055	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			1	269991	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	38	26	2	269994,270032	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			23	270002,270005,270006,270007,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270013,270014,270015,270017,270018,270019,270020,270021,270022,270023,270024,270025,270026,270027	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	38	26	0		1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	270035,270047	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	270032	407
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			2	270032,270033	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	270032	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)			1	270032	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	270032,270033	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	270032,270033	5591
Larnite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₂(SiO₄)	38	26	1	269994	48
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	270032	581
Lüneburgite ()*	None	Mg₃[B₂(OH)₆(PO₄)₂]·6H₂O	38	26	0		14
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	270032,270033,270047	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	38	26	8	269994,269998,270032,270052,270053,270054,270055,270056	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	38	26	5	269994,270032,270052,270055,270056	5674
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	38	26	2	269994,270032	23
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	270032,270033	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	38	26	1	269994	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	270046,270047,270048,270049	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	270032	884
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	38	26	2	269994,270032	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	270032	495
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	270032,270033	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	270021,270032,270051,270052,270055,270056	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	270032	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	38	26	12	269994,270019,270026,270032,270033,270035,270046,270047,270048,270049,270052,270055	61156
Rankinite ()*	None	Ca₃Si₂O₇	38	26	1	269994	25
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	270042	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	270032	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	270047,270057	2705
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	270055	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	269991	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	270047	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	269991,270032,270052,270056	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)	38	26	1	269994	54
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	270055	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			26	269995,270002,270005,270006,270007,270008,270009,270010,270011,270012,270013,270014,270015,270017,270018,270019,270020,270021,270022,270023,270024,270025,270026,270027,270037,270038	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	270034	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			3	270052,270055,270056	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	270052,270055,270056	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	38	26	2	269994,270032	236
Tilleyite ()*	None	Ca₅Si₂O₇(CO₃)₂	38	26	1	269994	19
Tobermorite ()*	Tobermorite	Ca₄Si₆O₁₇(H₂O)₂·(Ca·3H₂O)	38	26	1	269994	114
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	38	26	2	269994,270032	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			2	269998,270042	484
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	38	26	0		890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	38	26	2	269994,270032	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	38	26	2	269994,270032	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	270032,270033	1655
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	38	26	1	269994	109
Zeophyllite ()*	None	Ca₁₃Si₁₀O₂₈(OH)₂F₈·6H₂O	38	26	1	269994	18
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	38	26	1	269994	5251
Zirkelite ()*	Fluorite	(Ti,Ca,Zr)O_2-x	38	26	2	269994,270032	27

2 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-21743	38	26	36.6+1.4/-10.6					21743						3251	Marble Canyon Mine (Texas Agricultural Aggregates Quarry), Apache Peak Area, Culberson Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-38424	38	26	32±6					38424						3251	Marble Canyon Mine (Texas Agricultural Aggregates Quarry), Apache Peak Area, Culberson Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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