Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sierra Diablo, Culberson Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 42025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42025.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sierra Diablo, Culberson Co., Texas, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cave Peak Deposit
Cave Peak Molybdenum Deposit

Latitude: 31°26'52"N
Longitude: 104°52'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.447777777778,-104.87833333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aphthitalite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Aegirine ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Merwinite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Periclase ()*	Perovskite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zirkelite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aphthitalite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tridymite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	270032	1022
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	270032	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	270032	9052
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	1	270032	238
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	270032,270033	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	270032,270033	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	270032	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	270032	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	270032	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	270032	2970
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	270032	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	270032,270033	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	270032,270033	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	270032	1544
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1	270032	407
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	2	270032,270033	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	270032	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	270032	123
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	270032,270033	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	270032,270033	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	270032	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	270032,270033	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	270032	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	270032	5674
Merwinite ()*	Aphthitalite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	1	270032	23
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	270032,270033	5800
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	270032	884
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	1	270032	114
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	270032	495
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	270032,270033	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	270032	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	270032	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	270032,270033	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	270032	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	270032	21482
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	1	270032	236
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	270032	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	270032	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	270032	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	270032,270033	1655
Zirkelite ()*	Fluorite	(Ti,Ca,Zr)O_2-x	1	270032	27

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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