Grit Stream Tin Deposit, Mason Co., Texas, USAi
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Grit Stream Tin Deposit | Deposit |
Mason Co. | County |
Texas | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 46' 58'' North , 99° 20' 28'' West
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Deposit: See map on page 7 (mc cammon, 1941) for sample locations and geology. Some small veins containing tin were found in fine-grained g but principal tin concentrations found in small stream bed assays for tin were found to be less than 0.1 lb/cu yd. Ex for 1 sample (assayed 1.855 lbs/cu yd).
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2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Cassiterite Formula: SnO2 Reference: U.S. Geological survey,2005, Mineral Resources Data System :U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia |
ⓘ Topaz Formula: Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 Reference: U.S. Geological survey,2005, Mineral Resources Data System :U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Cassiterite | 4.DB.05 | SnO2 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Topaz | 9.AF.35 | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
O | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
F | Fluorine | |
F | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Topaz | Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
Sn | Tin | |
Sn | ⓘ Cassiterite | SnO2 |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Comstock, T B, (1891), Tin in Central Texas, Eng and Min J. Vo
Meyer, H C, (1913), topaz and Stream Tin in Mason Co, Texas. E
Mc Cammon, John H, (1941), Report on Tin and Magnesite Deposit
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