Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Unnamed Mine (EM-PR-U24-5), Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.12
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.88

mindat Locality ID: 42707
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42707.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unnamed Mine (EM-PR-U24-5), Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°25'43"N
Longitude: 103°47'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.428611111111,-103.79666666667

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Kaolinite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	35.12	34.88	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.12	34.88	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	35.12	34.88	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.12	34.88	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.12	34.88	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.12	34.88	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35.12	34.88	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35.12	34.88	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-37268	35.12	34.88	35±0.12					37268						42707	Unnamed Mine (EM-PR-U24-5), Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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