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Locality Name:
Brazoria Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 30980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brazoria Co., Texas, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Brazoria
Clute
Damon
Danbury
Freeport
Hoskins
Pearland
West Columbia

Latitude: 29°9'31"N
Longitude: 95°27'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.158611111111,-95.461944444444
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: B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteDanburiteGypsumMarcasiteMelanteriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Danburite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hauerite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)7269660,269661,269663,269666,269672,269675,2696791588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3269660,269666,2696753250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3269666,269671,26967511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4269660,269666,269671,26967527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2269663,2696751252
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O81269663148
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22269663,2696669895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS126967524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6269660,269663,269666,269671,269675,2696796890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl13269660,269661,269663,269664,269666,269668,269670,269671,269672,269674,269675,269677,2696791398
Hauerite  (*)PyriteMnS23269660,269663,26967526
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)12696631487
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212696665674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1269666915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24269660,269663,269666,26967539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82269666,2696759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2126967561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2269666,2696716417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2269666,26967521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS10269660,269661,269663,269666,269669,269670,269671,269672,269674,2696752045


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