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Locality Name:
Hale Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 274499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-274499.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Estacado Meteorite
Plainview (1917) Meteorite

Latitude: 34°0'29"N
Longitude: 101°45'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.008055555556,-101.76638888889

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Cerite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Iron	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Augite ()*	Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Daubréelite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Halite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Merrillite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pigeonite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Spinel ()*	Taenite ()*
Tetrataenite ()*	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 P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Na

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Cerite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Iron Nickeline None
Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyroxene Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	270242	2060
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	270241	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	270241,270242	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	270241,270242	3846
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	270241	157
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	270241	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	270242	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	270242	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	270242	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	0		1398
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	270241,270242	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	270241,270242	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	2	270241,270242	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2	270241,270242	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	270242	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	270242	14899
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇	1	270241	230
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	270241,270242	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	270242	495
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	1	270242	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	270242	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	270241	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	270242	374
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	270242	1934
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	2	270241,270242	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	270241	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	2	270241,270242	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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