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Locality Name:
Presidio Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 28190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Presidio Co., Texas, USA": 65
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 60

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Capote Creek Mine
Casa Piedra Deposit
Chinati Mts
Frenso Canyon
Loma Plata Mine (Big Mine; Silver Dome Mountain Prospect)
Mammoth Mine (Quinn Creek Mine; Valentine Mine)
Marfa
Mills Prospect
Papaloti South Prospect
Pinto Canyon
Presidio
Quebec Siding
Shafter District
Shely Prospect
Solitario
Terlingua District
Unnamed Locality Near Ruidosa Hot Springs (MA-PR-P18-3)
Unnamed Prospect (MA-PR-N17-1)
Unnamed Prospect (MA-PR-P18-2)
Unnamed Prospect (PR-PR-S21-1)
Unnamed Prospects Near Cerro Infiernito (MA-PR-P20-1)
Unnamed Prospects Near Girvin Tank (PR-PR-T21-1)

Latitude: 29°55'57"N
Longitude: 104°21'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.9325,-104.36027777778

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	Amorphous	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Baryte	Bixbyite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Descloizite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	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 Ba Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mn Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Analcime Apatite Aragonite Autunite Baryte Bixbyite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Descloizite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnotite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haiweeite ()*	Halite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Iron ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lead ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Takanelite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Weeksite ()*
Zircon ()*

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			5	270865,270882,270894,270903,270905	2793
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	60.5	26	0		1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			5	270894,270896,270901,270902,270903	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	270882,270890	1588
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	38	26	4	270885,270891,270893,270911	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	35.42	34.88	4	270865,270867,270879,270913	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	35.12	34.88	5	270865,270867,270875,270913,270915	11547
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	60.5	59.9	1	270904	104
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	60.5	59.9	1	270894	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	38	26	18	270882,270884,270885,270893,270894,270896,270898,270900,270901,270902,270903,270905,270908,270916,270917,270918,270919,270927	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O	38	26	2	270885,270893	1184
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	35.42	34.88	10	270884,270894,270896,270901,270902,270903,270905,270908,270913,270916	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	60.5	59.9	1	270904	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	60.5	34.88	9	270865,270867,270882,270890,270894,270903,270904,270913,270915	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			6	270865,270867,270870,270894,270903,270905	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			3	270879,270894,270903	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			5	270917,270918,270919,270920,270921	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	60.5	59.9	1	270894	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	270894,270903	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	270864	453
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	270903	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	270890	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			5	270894,270896,270902,270903,270908	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	270926	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	35.12	34.88	11	270865,270867,270868,270869,270870,270875,270913,270914,270917,270919,270926	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	35.12	34.88	20	270865,270867,270869,270870,270875,270882,270884,270890,270894,270895,270896,270899,270900,270901,270902,270903,270905,270908,270913,270915	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	38	26	2	270885,270888	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	270917,270919	6890
Haiweeite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₂)(OH)₂·6H₂O	38	26	1	270885	15
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	60.5	59.9	1	270904	1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	270890	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	60.5	34.88	5	270865,270867,270884,270904,270916	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	270894,270896,270903	1689
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	270903	1089
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	270902,270917	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.12	34.88	6	270865,270867,270875,270882,270884,270915	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	270908	192
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	60.5	59.9	1	270894	139
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	270926	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.12	34.88	5	270865,270867,270879,270913,270915	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	35.42	34.88	1	270916	770
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			2	270891,270911	443
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	60.5	34.88	3	270890,270904,270913	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			5	270867,270875,270879,270882,270884	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	60.5	59.9	3	270867,270904,270926	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			2	270917,270919	1236
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	60.5	59.9	1	270894	192
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)			1	270863	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)			1	270863	91
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	38	26	1	270885	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	270879,270918	2349
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	270894,270903	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	60.5	34.88	14	270865,270867,270882,270890,270894,270901,270903,270904,270908,270913,270915,270917,270918,270926	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	270922,270924	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	270890,270926	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60.5	26	25	270867,270868,270875,270879,270882,270885,270886,270887,270888,270890,270894,270896,270902,270903,270904,270905,270913,270914,270915,270916,270917,270918,270919,270926,270927	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	60.5	26	0		969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	270924	312
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	270892	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	270903	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	35.42	34.88	5	270894,270896,270901,270913,270916	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	60.5	34.88	15	270865,270867,270869,270870,270875,270882,270890,270894,270896,270901,270903,270904,270908,270913,270915	21482
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	60.5	59.9	1	270904	275
Takanelite ()*	None	(Mn²⁺,Ca)_2x(Mn⁴⁺)_1-xO₂·0.7H₂O			1	270886	18
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	270894,270903	5317
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			2	270891,270911	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	38	26	1	270885	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	38	26	2	270885,270913	890
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			3	270894,270903,270908	605
Weeksite ()*	None	(K)₂(UO₂)₂(Si₅O₁₃)·4H₂O	38	26	1	270885	42
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	270926	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	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 ID
NAVDAT-4700	38	26	37.2+0.8/-11.2	4700			42436	Mammoth Mine (Quinn Creek Mine; Valentine Mine), Presidio Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
PorphCu-00086	60.5	59.9	60.2±0.3		Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	Cu	30976	Red Hills Cu-Mo Deposit, Shafter District, Presidio Co., Texas, USA	Red Hills	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155
NAVDAT-37267	35.42	35.18	35.3±0.12	37267			43702	Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37269	35.12	34.88	35±0.12	37269			42642	Unnamed Locality (EM-PR-U24-3), Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37268	35.12	34.88	35±0.12	37268			42707	Unnamed Mine (EM-PR-U24-5), Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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