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Locality Name:
Karnes Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 65.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 29157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karnes Co., Texas, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Karnes Uranium District
Panna Maria East Mine
Panna Maria West Mine
Weddington - Tenneco Mine

Latitude: 28°55'18"N
Longitude: 98°1'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.921666666667,-98.018611111111

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Se Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousAragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumCristobaliteFluorite
FritzscheiteGypsumMarcasiteMeta-autuniteMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRutileScheelite
SchoepiteSmectite-vermiculiteSulphurZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)
Iriginite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mourite  (*)Opal  (*)
Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Selenium  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)65.52.612705413250
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O65.52.63270513,270522,2705321272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)65.52.63270529,270539,27054111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)65.52.64270529,270536,270539,27054127770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O65.52.65270513,270522,270532,270535,2705391184
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O65.52.64270513,270529,270539,270544566
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO265.52.61270517453
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O65.52.65270529,270532,270535,270539,2705416890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O365.52.6127051314640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)65.52.64270513,270521,270522,270539123
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O65.52.6127052215
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)665.52.62270513,2705392228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS265.52.62270521,270522102
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS265.52.63270513,270529,2705335674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O65.52.63270513,270517,270539388
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O65.52.61270517129
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS265.52.62270513,2705395800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O65.52.612705171508
Mourite  (*)None(UO2)(Mo6+)5O16·5H2O65.52.62270513,2705392
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O65.52.612705132994
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)65.52.63270513,270524,270539494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS265.52.67270522,270529,270533,270536,270539,270542,27054339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO265.52.612705133106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO265.52.64270518,270536,270539,27054161156
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)665.52.62270513,27053994
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe65.52.62270513,270539143
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O65.52.64270513,270522,270532,270539628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO265.52.63270513,270532,2705442718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O65.52.62270513,270539890



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-0021765.52.6       Molybdenite, Mourite, Powellite, IlsemanniteMo27869Karnes Uranium District, Karnes Co., Texas, USA Reynolds and Goldhaber (1978); Reynolds et al. (1982)   


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