Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gaines Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 273534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-273534.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ashmore Meteorite
Loop Meteorite
Seminole Meteorite

Latitude: 32°49'39"N
Longitude: 102°23'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.8275,-102.39416666667

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.

Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Iron	Lepidocrocite	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Halite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Iron Lepidocrocite None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3	270188,270189,270190	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3	270188,270189,270190	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	270189	4135
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	270188	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	270188	2812
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	270188	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	3	270188,270189,270190	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	2	270188,270190	191
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	270188	581
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	270189	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	270188	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	3	270188,270189,270190	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	270189	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	270189	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	3	270188,270189,270190	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	3	270188,270189,270190	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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