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


mindat Locality ID: 42203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Indio Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Black Diamond Mine
Carpenter Prospect
Dukes Mine
Finlay Prospect (South Prospect)
Galena Occurrence
Lonestar Mine
North Pit
Purple Sage Mine (Lone Star Mine; Dukes Mine)
Road Prospect
Rossman Prospect
South Pit
Southwestern Workings
Unnamed Occurrence (MA-HU-J14-7)
Unnamed Occurrence (MA-HU-J15-10)

Latitude: 30°46'5"N
Longitude: 105°'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.768055555556,-105.01055555556

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovellite
DescloiziteDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5270409,270410,270412,270415,2704182734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24270409,270412,270415,2704165509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10270409,270410,270411,270412,270413,270415,270416,270418,270419,27042011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63270409,270410,270412413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63270409,270412,2704171633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11270407,270408,270409,270410,270412,270413,270414,270415,270416,270417,27041827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12704144979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3270409,270412,2704165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23270409,270412,27041627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O8270407,270408,270409,270412,270414,270415,270416,2704183531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS4270409,270412,270414,2704164165
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163270409,270412,270417300
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10270407,270409,270410,270411,270412,270413,270414,270415,270418,27042024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)9270407,270408,270410,270413,270414,270415,270416,270417,2704187437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36270407,270409,270412,270414,270416,27041814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3270409,270412,2704141689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211270407,270408,270409,270410,270412,270413,270414,270415,270416,270417,27041812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl4270407,270409,270412,2704141107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)3270409,270412,270414362
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63270409,270410,270412477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25270409,270410,270412,270415,27041639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4270407,270409,270412,2704141725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22270407,27041461156
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3270409,270412,270414605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43270409,270412,2704141655



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