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Locality Name:
Eagle Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 42180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eagle Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Black Hill Mine (Dick Love Mine)
Cowan Ranch Wind Canyon Mine
Divide Prospect
Eagle Spring Mine
Fox No. 4 Prospect
Fox Nos. 1 And 3 Prospects
Fox Nos. 9 And 10 Prospects
Ingram Prospect
Lucky Strike Prospect (Section 26 Prospect)
Rocky Ridge Prospects
Section 27 Prospect
Section 45 Prospect
Silver Eagle Mine
Snowline Canyon Prospects
Spar Valley Mine
Syphon Canyon Prospects (Marine Ranch Prospects)
Tank Canyon Prospects
Unnamed Mine (MA-HU-I14-2)
Unnamed Prospect (MA-HU-I14-1)
Unnamed Prospect (MA-HU-I14-3)

Latitude: 30°55'26"N
Longitude: 105°4'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.923888888889,-105.07833333333
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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)26270381,270383,270388,270390,270394,2703953092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24270380,270392,270393,2704005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3270380,270392,27039311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11270380,270381,270383,270384,270388,270389,270390,270392,270393,270394,27039527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3270380,270392,2703934979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12704005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23270380,270392,27039327198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF218270381,270382,270383,270384,270385,270386,270387,270388,270389,270390,270391,270394,270395,270396,270397,270398,270399,2704029617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3270380,270392,27039324243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33270380,270392,27039314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4270380,270392,270393,2704011689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25270380,270392,270393,270400,27040112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2127040139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221270380,270381,270382,270383,270384,270385,270386,270387,270388,270389,270390,270391,270392,270393,270394,270395,270396,270397,270398,270399,27040061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3270380,270392,2703936417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3270380,270392,2703935186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)7270380,270381,270383,270392,270393,270394,2704022473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3270380,270392,27039321482


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