Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Austin, Travis Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 49366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Austin, Travis Co., Texas, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bull Creek (Bull Run)
Hwy 183 Bypass Roadcut
Loop 1 Interchange
Loop 360
Mount Barker
Mount Bonnell

Latitude: 30°19'31"N
Longitude: 97°46'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.325277777778,-97.772222222222

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	Gypsum	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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: Ba C Ca Fe H O S Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Fe O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Gypsum Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	271043	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	271041	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	271039,271040,271041,271044	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	5	271039,271040,271041,271043,271044	1252
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	271042	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	271042	39462
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	3	271039,271041,271044	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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