Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Quitman Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 48
Youngest recorded age at locality: 26

mindat Locality ID: 59241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quitman Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 22
Child Localities:
Alice Ray Mine
Bona Prospect
Bonanza Mine
Cowan Ranch Fluorite Locality
Granite Hill Prospect
Love Pass Veins
Love Pasture Prospects
Love Tank Prospects (Thunderbolt Prospect)
Milby Peak Vein (MP-1)
Milby Peak Vein (MP-2)
Nickel Plate Prospect
Queen Anne Prospect
Quitman Gap Veins (QG-1 And 2)
Quitman Mts - North End
Red Chief Vein (QG-3)
Silver King Mine (Big Gulch Mine)
Stokes Prospect
Tarantula Hills Prospects (Hunter Mine; Rather Prospect)
Tremble Hill Prospect
Unnamed Locality (VH-HU-G10-6)
Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-G12-1)
Zimpleman Pass Prospects

Latitude: 31°11'33"N
Longitude: 105°28'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.1925,-105.48

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wavellite
Wollastonite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Crednerite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wavellite
Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	270439	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	270430,270444	3419
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	270437	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	48	38	3	270425,270441,270443	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	270425,270426,270435,270437	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			10	270425,270428,270429,270430,270432,270435,270437,270438,270440,270441	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	270437,270438	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	270425,270430,270440	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	270439	1382
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	48	38	5	270425,270440,270441,270443,270444	3531
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂			1	270440	35
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	38	26	1	270427	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	270436	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38	26	6	270425,270427,270430,270438,270441,270444	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	38	26	3	270425,270426,270427	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	38	26	14	270423,270424,270425,270427,270430,270431,270432,270433,270434,270437,270438,270439,270440,270444	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	270436	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	38	26	1	270427	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	270425,270431	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	270438	1544
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	38	26	1	270427	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	48	38	9	270425,270428,270430,270432,270435,270438,270440,270443,270444	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			3	270425,270431,270440	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	270425	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	38	26	7	270427,270430,270435,270436,270440,270441,270444	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	48	38	6	270425,270430,270438,270441,270443,270444	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	270425	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	270425,270428	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	38	26	1	270427	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	38	26	2	270427,270438	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	270437	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	38	26	1	270427	326
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			1	270430	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			8	270425,270430,270431,270434,270435,270436,270438,270444	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	270430	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	270438	1725
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	270444	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	48	38	16	270423,270425,270426,270428,270429,270430,270431,270432,270433,270434,270436,270437,270438,270439,270440,270443	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	270430	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	270425,270432	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	270425	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			6	270423,270425,270431,270433,270438,270440	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	270438	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	270428	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	270430,270444	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	270440	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	38	26	3	270427,270438,270444	1395
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	270444	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	38	26	1	270427	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			4	270425,270437,270438,270444	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	270428,270436	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-7136	38	26	32±6					7136						42139	Granite Hill Prospect, Quitman Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-12683	48	38	45+3/-7					12683						42998	Unnamed Prospect (VH-HU-G12-1), Quitman Mts, Hudspeth Co., Texas, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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