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Locality Name:
Babyhead Mountain Area, Llano Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 48368
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48368.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Babyhead Mountain Area, Llano Co., Texas, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Babyhead Creek
Mexican Diggings
Miller Mine

Latitude: 30°50'45"N
Longitude: 98°42'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.845833333333,-98.715277777778
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: Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteGarnetMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
RocksaltRutileSpinelTalcTetrahedriteVesuvianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)33270653,270654,2706552353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33270653,270654,2706551534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23270653,270654,2706555509
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO212706545171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3270653,270654,2706555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23270653,270654,27065527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3270653,270654,2706558173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS127065424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu127065430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33270653,270654,27065514640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43270653,270654,27065514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23270653,270654,27065512537
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212706543337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133270653,270654,2706555317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)103270653,270654,2706551395
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3270653,270654,2706551025


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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