Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35.42
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.88

mindat Locality ID: 43702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Solitario Mine
Unnamed Locality (EM-PR-U24-3)
Unnamed Mine (EM-PR-U24-5)
Unnamed Prospect (EM-PR-U24-4)

Latitude: 29°26'22"N
Longitude: 103°48'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.439444444444,-103.805

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	35.42	34.88	1	270913	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270915	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	35.42	34.88	1	270916	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	35.42	34.88	2	270913,270916	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270915	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270914	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270915	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	35.42	34.88	1	270916	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	35.12	34.88	1	270915	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270915	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	35.42	34.88	1	270916	770
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	35.42	34.88	1	270913	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270915	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	35.12	34.88	4	270913,270914,270915,270916	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	35.42	34.88	2	270913,270916	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	35.12	34.88	2	270913,270915	21482
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	35.42	34.88	1	270913	890

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-37267	35.42	35.18	35.3±0.12	37267	43702	Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-37269	35.12	34.88	35±0.12	37269	42642	Unnamed Locality (EM-PR-U24-3), Solitario, Presidio Co., Texas, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
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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