Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jefferson Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 42748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Co., Texas, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beaumont
Clam Lake
Fannett
Hamshire

Latitude: 29°49'8"N
Longitude: 94°10'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.818888888889,-94.173333333333

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur

Alabandite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Sylvite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Gypsum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	270501	312
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	3	270497,270501,270503	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	270497,270501	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	270501	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	270497	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	2	270497,270501	1252
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	270503	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	270497	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	270497,270501,270503	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	5	270497,270499,270501,270503,270504	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	2	270501,270503	26
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	270497	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	270497	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	270501	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	270497,270501	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	270503	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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