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Locality Name:
Cave Peak Deposit, Sierra Diablo, Culberson Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 42052
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42052.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cave Peak Deposit, Sierra Diablo, Culberson Co., Texas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°26'36"N
Longitude: 104°52'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.443333333333,-104.87916666667
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: 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: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAphthitaliteArsenicArsenopyriteBaddeleyiteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTridymiteVesuvianiteWollastonite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
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  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO20238
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)0469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)0123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Merwinite  (*)AphthitaliteCa3Mg(SiO4)2023
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)0884
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO0114
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)0494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO20236
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655
Zirkelite  (*)Fluorite(Ti,Ca,Zr)O2-x027


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