Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baringer Hill (Barringer Hill), Bluffton, Llano Co., Texas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°46'40"N
Longitude: 98°25'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.777777777778,-98.433055555556

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.

Allanite	Amorphous	Autunite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copiapite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rowlandite	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Autunite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copiapite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*
Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rowlandite-(Y) ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Tveitite-(Y) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	Yttrocrasite-(Y) ()*	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: Al Be Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P REE S Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amorphous Autunite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copiapite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rowlandite Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	382
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	196
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	163
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	121
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rowlandite-(Y) ()*	Rowlandite	Fe²⁺Y₄(Si₂O₇)₂F₂	8
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Tveitite-(Y) ()*	None	(Y,Na)₆(Ca,Na,REE)₁₂(Ca,Na)F₄₂	8
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1395
Yttrialite-(Y) ()*	None	Y₂Si₂O₇	25
Yttrocrasite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)₂(O,OH)₆	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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