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Locality Name:
Stonewall Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 42761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stonewall Co., Texas, USA": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
C-15 Core Site
Kennedy Mine
Marcy Camp 17
Panther Canyon - 2
Permian Copper Deposits
Roessler Prospect
Salt Folk - 2
Salt Folk - I
Spanish Mine
Spitzer - I
Walk North

Latitude: 33°14'32"N
Longitude: 100°5'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.242222222222,-100.08666666667
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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CovelliteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12709941588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026012709975509
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602604270993,270997,270999,2710095707
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026012709974165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602602270999,2710029895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260127099724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602602270994,2709976890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026013270993,270995,270996,270997,270998,270999,271000,271002,271003,271004,271007,271008,27100912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260127099739462


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00740260260Permian       Cu42451Aard Copper Mine (Farris Prospect), Permian Copper Deposits, Stonewall Co., Texas, USAFarrisCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 
sedcu-00739260260Permian       Cu42452Copper Queen Mine, Permian Copper Deposits, Stonewall Co., Texas, USACopper QueenCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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