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:
Pecos Co., Texas, USA

mindat Locality ID: 53883
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53883.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pecos Co., Texas, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Barrilla Meteorite
Comanche Creek Well Site
Commache Creek Mine (Texas Gulf Mine)
Duval Fort Stockton Mine (Fort Stockton Sulfur Mine; Heiner Mine)
Farmland Industries Mine (ARCO Mine; Sinclair Mine; Fort Stockton Mine; Texasgulf Mine)
Los Nietos Occurrence
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 30°59'30"N
Longitude: 102°49'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.991666666667,-102.82388888889

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	Iron	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sulphur

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 Mg O Pb S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gypsum Iron None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sulphur

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Iron ()*	Pyrite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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)	4	270851,270852,270853,270854	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	270852,270854	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	270851,270852,270853,270854,270855	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	270854	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	270854,270855	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	270850	944
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	270855	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	270851,270852,270853,270854	6890
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	270850	1089
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	270852,270853,270854,270855	39462
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	5	270851,270852,270853,270854,270856	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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