Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moss Bluff, Liberty Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 299472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moss Bluff, Liberty Co., Texas, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Moss Bluff Dome (Moss Bluff Mine)

Latitude: 29°53'43"N
Longitude: 94°41'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.895277777778,-94.694166666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	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 H Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sulphur

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Hauerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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	270630	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	270630	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	270630	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	270630	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	270630	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	270630	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	1	270630	26
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	270630	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	270630	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	270630	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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