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:
Matagorda Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 52316
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52316.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matagorda Co., Texas, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Clemville
Matagorda

Latitude: 28°51'23"N
Longitude: 96°1'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.856388888889,-96.028333333333

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	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur

Alabandite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*
Halite ()*	Hauerite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Sylvite ()*

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 Cl Fe K Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	270770	312
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	270770	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	270770	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	270770	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	270770	24243
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	2	270768,270770	1398
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	1	270770	26
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	270770	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	270770	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	270770	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	270770	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	270770	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	270770	2045
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	270768	275

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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