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Locality Name:
Hardeman Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 53788
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53788.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Acme
Acme Mine
Copper Breaks - 2
Copper Breaks -I
Cottonwood Creek - 2
Cottonwood Creek - 3
Cottonwood Creek - I
Cottonwood Creek Prospect
Devils Creek - I
Gibbs Prospect
Hackberry Creek - 2
Hackberry Creek - 3
Hackberry Creek - I
Maybell Canyon - I
Medicine Mounds - E- I

Latitude: 34°10'50"N
Longitude: 99°42'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.180555555556,-99.711666666667

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksalt

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12702521588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602602270258,2702605509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62602602270258,2702601633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602604270258,270259,270260,2702645707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22602602270258,27026027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2602602270258,2702603846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2602602270258,2702604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2602602270258,2702602970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2602602270258,2702601027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162602602270258,270260300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25270252,270257,270259,270263,2702649895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2602602270258,27026024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2602602270258,2702607437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602605270251,270252,270258,270260,2702626890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026013270253,270254,270255,270256,270257,270258,270259,270260,270261,270262,270263,270264,27026512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22602602270258,27026039462



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00728260260Permian       Cu42130Gibbs Prospect, Hardeman Co., Texas, USAGibbsCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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