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Locality Name:
Van Horn-Allamoore District, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 47527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Van Horn-Allamoore District, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Anaconda Number One Prospect
Anaconda Number Two Prospect
Blackshaft Mine
Bluebird Prospect
Buck Springs Prospect
Cooper Hill Prospect (Rossman Prospect)
Hackberry Mine
Marvin Judson Prospect
Mohawk Mine
Saint Elmo Mine
Sancho Panza Mine

Latitude: 31°12'9"N
Longitude: 104°56'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.2025,-104.94888888889
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeDigeniteFeldsparMalachiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23270459,270462,2704675509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2270464,27046511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42270457,2704595516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6270457,270458,270459,270464,270465,27046727770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O12704621184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12704595707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25270457,270458,270459,270465,27046727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl12704601382
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S12704671027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161270467300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22270459,2704679895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2270464,2704657437
Graphite  (*)NoneC2270459,2704672812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3127045814640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)26270457,270458,270459,270462,270465,27046712537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12704592349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24270457,270459,270464,27046539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812704599056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23270457,270459,27046761156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312704571803
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1270462628


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