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:
Van Horn Mts, Culberson Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 43842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Van Horn Mts, Culberson Co., Texas, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alamo Mica Quarry
Mica Mine Area
Unnamed Mine (MA-CU-J15-3)
Unnamed Prospect (MA-CU-J15-5)
Unnamed Prospect (MA-CU-J15-7)

Latitude: 30°50'46"N
Longitude: 104°54'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.846111111111,-104.9025

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	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Quartz	Spinel
Tourmaline

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 B Ba C Ca Fe H K Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Garnet Mica None Quartz Spinel
Tourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	270047	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	270047	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	270047	27770
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	270047	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	270047	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	270046,270047,270048,270049	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	270046,270047,270048,270049	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	270047	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	270047	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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