Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sour Lake, Hardin Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 298311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-298311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sour Lake, Hardin Co., Texas, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sour Lake Salt Dome

Latitude: 30°9'29"N
Longitude: 94°25'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.158055555556,-94.416666666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

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: Ba C Ca Cl Fe Na O Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Galena ()*
Halite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	270272	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	270272	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	270272	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	270272	1252
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	270272	24243
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	270272	1398
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	270272	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	270272	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	270272	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	270272	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	270272	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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