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Locality Name:
Fort Bend Co., Texas, USA


mindat Locality ID: 52315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fort Bend Co., Texas, USA": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Kendleton Meteorite
Missouri City
Needville
Orchard
Rosenberg
Thompsons

Latitude: 29°27'39"N
Longitude: 95°44'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.460833333333,-95.743333333333

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: C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCeriteFluoriteGypsumIronNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTridymite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chromite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hauerite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Iron  (*)Merrillite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Taenite  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)Tridymite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12701742734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2270174,2701781588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12701743250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2270174,27017827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2270174,2701781252
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412701673902
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212701749617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12701671188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2270174,27017824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2270174,2701786890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl8270169,270170,270172,270175,270177,270178,270179,2701811398
Hauerite  (*)PyriteMnS2127017426
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612701741066
Iron  (*)IronFe12701671089
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)71270167230
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23270169,270174,27017839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2127017461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS127017421482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1270178589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5270172,270175,270177,270178,2701792045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)1270167703
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi1270167116
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO21270167458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS12701671044



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