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Cassiterite from
Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA


Locality type:Sierra
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:199152
Long-form Identifier:1:3:199152:9
GUID (UUID V4):9181066a-a215-4b63-af74-4b8071c336af
Localities for Cassiterite in this Region
Little Blanca Mountain prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
Round Top prospects, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cryolite-bearingand rare metal-enrichedrhyolite, Sierra Blanca Peaks, HudspethCounty,Texasr Jnprnny N. RusrN....qar Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, University Station, Box X, Austin, Texas78713...Tertiary TransPecosTexas magmatic province near Sierra Blanca, Texas, was chemically modified by pegmatitic ...result of vapor-phasecrystallization, setsthe Sierra Blanca rhyolites apart from otherwise chemically similar...metals are contained in part by bastnaesite(?),cassiterite,columbite, priorite(?), Nb-rich rutile, tantalite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
hypabyssal rhyolite: Round Top laccolith, Trans-Pecos, Texas Brent A. Elliott 1 & L. Christine O’Neill 2 & J...series of Paleogene intrusions emplaced as the Sierra Blanca Complex. These intrusions are situated within...Geology, University of Texas, University Station, Box X, Austin, TX 78713-8924, USA 2 Department of Geological...Geological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA accessory and trace phases, as inclusions...Round Top and other laccolith intrusions in the Sierra Blanca Complex represent a new sub-type of magmatic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Texas mineral locality INDEX Whereas Texas is well known for its vastness, cattle industry, and oil...I T S T O P O G R A P H Y A N D G E O L O G Y , Texas, the second largest state, has produced relatively...famous localities. A s this article will show, Texas has had—or currently has—nu­ merous mineral occurrences...produce good specimens; yet when specimens from Texas are sought in collections and dealers' stocks, few...some basic facts that help explain the situation. Texas has very little federal land in its mineralized
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trans-Pecos, Texas Brent A. Elliott The Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin,... Austin, TX 78712, USA; brent.elliott@beg.utexas.edu; Tel.: +1-512-471-1812 Received: 9 August 2018;...Abstract: The Round Top rhyolite located in Trans-Pecos Texas is enriched in Be, F, Li, Nb, Rb, Sn, Th, U, Y,...petrogenesis 1. Introduction The Trans-Pecos region of Texas hosts more than 100 Paleocene to Miocene age intrusive...including Round Top and the other laccoliths of the Sierra Blanca Complex (SBC) are hypabyssal, sub-volcanic,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Universityof Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA bBureau of Economic Geology, Universityof Texas at Austin...78713-7508, USA CNevadaBureau of Mines and Geology, UniversityofNevada-Reno, Reno, NV89557-0088, USA (Received...locations in the Trans-Pecos Magrnatic Province, Texas, U.S.A., demonstrate this hydrothermal Zr mobility...elements (REE), Y, Nb, Mo, Hf, Pb, Th and U. The Sierra Blanca intrusions, a series of mildly peraluminous...Ertsberg District of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Unlike in Texas, related igneous rocks are metaluminous, and the
Report (issue)
reactors. Beryllium deposits in Utah, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico range from small (Apache Warm Springs...pegmatite, Taos County. Current drilling in the Apache Warm Springs deposit in the Sierra Cuchillo by BE...deposit. The Iron Mountain deposit, also in the Sierra Cuchillo south of the Apache Warm Springs deposit...beryllium deposits in the Sierra Cuchillo and San Mateo Mountains, Socorro and Sierra Counties by BE Resources...were discovered in the Victorio Mountains, Luna County in the early 1900s. Gulf Minerals Resources, Inc
Report (issue)
Hampshire; N. Mex., New Mexico; Nev., Nevada; Tex., Texas; UK, United Kingdom; Va., Virginia; Mt., Mount;... Utah Spor Mtn., Utah; Aguachile, Mexico; Sierra Blanca, Tex. — Geology  E11 Table E3. Global and...Hampshire; N. Mex., New Mexico; Nev., Nevada; Tex., Texas; UK, United Kingdom; Va., Virginia; Mt., Mount;...Utah) Replacement Be minerals in carbonate (Sierra Blanca, Texas) Miarolitic pegmatites and greisen quartz...deposits occur near Sierra Blanca, Texas, and Aguachile, Mexico. At Sierra Blanca, beryllium-rich fluorite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Qiguling topaz rhyolite Dike Topaz granite enclaves Cassiterite Qitianling Southern China a b s t r a c t The...close association between cassiterite and zinnwaldite, although cassiterite is also present as sponge-textured...concentrations (up to 2745 ppm) and the presence of cassiterite crystals within these rhyolites are indicative...feldspar rims. The rhyolite contains accessory cassiterite, rutile, ïŹ‚uorite, zircon, and columbite. The...zinnwaldite (Fig. 3c), with accessory topaz, cassiterite, rutile, ïŹ‚uorite, and zircon, and with common
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Molybdenite was found along two fractures. Rare cassiterite and the rare-earth-bearing carbonate hydroxylbastnÀsite-(Ce)...overgrowths on magmatic zircon from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Hafnium-rich hydrothermal zircon was...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Am. Mineral. 74, 865-869. Weber, W
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
consequently producing a mineral assemblage of zircon, cassiterite, and retrograde skarn minerals. Dating results...chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and cassiterite. The paragenetic sequence shows early prograde...and calcite, with minor amounts of zircon and cassiterite. The late retrograde stage is also accompanied...1b are euhedral or subhedral associated with cassiterite, calcite, epidote, and chlorite with curved or...Evans 2010): baddeleyite = Bdy, calcite = Cal, cassiterite = Cst, chlorite = Chl, diopside = Di, epidote
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusion. Small pegmatitic been worked for alluvial cassiterite. schlierenmay be presentat the contactsof the...and rare metal-enriched rhyolite, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Hudspeth County, Texas.American Mineralogist, 72
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
zinnwaldite. Topaz, fluorite, Nb-Ta-Ti-oxides, cassiterite, zircon, Th-rich monazite-(Ce), xenotime-(Y)...zircon occurred in rhyolite from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas, USA (Rubin et al. 1989). The Zr/Hf ratio...Hydrothermal zircon and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Amer Mineral 74:865– 869 Seifert T,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from a glass orthoclase standard, Na from Amelia County albite. Ca and Fe from San Carlos au&e. Cl from...that a F-rich, peraluminous rhyolite laccolith in Texas was chemically modified by pegmatitic vapor phase...H., JR. (1981) Late Cenozoic volcanism at Twin Peaks, Utah: Geology and petrology. J. Geophys. Res. 86...of tin: 1. Calculation of the solubility of cassiterite at high pressures and temperatures. Geochim....Thomas Range and northern Drum Mountains, Juab County, Utah. C!S. GeologicalSurvey Prof Paper 1221, 7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fergusonite-(Y), gadolinite, pyrochlore, fluorite, cassiterite, crichtonite-group minerals, danalite and monazite-(Ce)...the BSE images or to the overlap of the Ce and F peaks. One carbonate HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF CHEVKINITE-(CE)...and the Geochemical Society, Chantilly, Virginia, USA. Rubin, J.N., Henry, C.D. and Price, J.G. (1989)...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. American Mineralogist, 74, 865–869.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Las Vegas, Nevada NU b SC China 89154-4010, USA ED address: xwang@nju.edu.cn. MA * Corresponding...tourmaline), anatase, rutile, wolframite, cassiterite, xenotime, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, and...Zircon chemistry was determined at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) with a Cameca SX50 and at the...anatase, microlite, rutile, NU wolframite, cassiterite, xenotime, chalcopyrite, molybdenite, pyrrhotite...Transbaikalia, Russia (Badanina et al., 2004), Great Basin, USA (Barton, 1987), Choquene District, Peru (Farrar et
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Characteristic are the lately formed accessories cassiterite and arsenopyrite (Richter and Stettner 1979)...systems (Bau 1996). Data sources: Calamity Peak, USA: Duke et al. (1992); Pleasant Ridge, Canada: Taylor...East Kemptville Sn-(Zn—Cu—Ag) deposit, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. In: Lentz DR (ed) Alteration...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca peaks, Texas. Am Mineral 74 : 865—869 Rubin JN, Henry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
La)2(CO3)3F2 FeCO3 Oxides Aeschynite Ashanite Betafite Cassiterite Ceriopyrochlore Columbite Columbo-tantalite Fergusonite...overgrowths on magmatic zircon from the Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas, and similar overgrowths have since been...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas: American Mineralogist, v. 74, p. 865−869
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
from the thorite–zircon solid solution series, cassiterite and fergusonite. The rhyolite (samples AR2 and...solution phases (Fig. 2D), rutile, xenotime, cassiterite and Fe-oxides. The zircon is an abundant accessory...of carbonate rocks, Wepawaug Schist, Connecticut, USA. Am. J. Sci. 303, 753–816. Aranovich, L.Y., Newton...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Am. Mineral. 74, 865–869. Sarangi, S...Sweetwater Wash Pluton, Southeastern California, USA. Chem. Geol. 110 (1–3), 49–67. Watt, G.L., Harley
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
overlays a sulfide mesothermal mineralization or a cassiterite–wolframite hypothermal mineralization [5,15,25...and also apply necessary corrections. Overlapping peaks and backgrounds were identified after individual...included in the list, because the scanning of the peaks by EDS did not show them. The high contents of Fe...Mineral Species; Mineralogical Record: Tucson, AZ, USA, 1995. Boekhout, F.; GĂ©rard, M.; Kanzari, A.; Michel...Mineralogical Society of America: Chantilly, VA, USA, 1999; Volume 38, p. 679. Finch, R.; Murakami, T
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
millerite, melonite, galena, sphalerite, hessite, cassiterite, molybdenite, native gold, monazite, allanite...subordinate melonite, hessite, altaite, uraninite, cassiterite, and ferberite typically associated with gangue...the Lyon Mountain Granite, Adirondack Mountains, USA, was reported by Valley et al. (2009). The internal...Hydrothermal zircons and zircon overgrowths, Sierra Blanca Peaks, Texas. Am Mineral 74:865–869 Sardinha AS, Dall’Agnol
Report (issue)
Photograph of the Mountain Pass Mine in San Bernardino County, California, which was the only active producer...structure of cassiterite................................... S6 S4. Photograph of cassiterite crystals.................. S6 S5. Photograph of wood tin cassiterite................................................of gravels in the Mother Lode gold belt of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Hydraulic mining uses high-pressure...Creek (Ottawa County) 6 Oklahoma OKD980629844 1900 n.a. 1967 9/8/1983 Cherokee County 7 Kansas
Book (edition)
Zolensky: Lyndon Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. We also wish to acknowledge our present editor...Rhode Isand South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL...and Transbaikalia, RusEthiopia; R., Birbir Leone; Sierra Anduo, Tibet, China; Guma Water, R., Lee Australia;...Canada; Nizhni Tagil, Ural Mts., Russia; Guma Water, Sierra Leone; Yubdo, Ethiopia. BM CM 12:21(1973), AM ...(381); Venezuela (333); Guinea (135); Liberia (100); Sierra Leone (78). Localities: In addition to these producing
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Schoonmaker University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA 7.01.1 INTRODUCTION 7.01.2 PELAGIC SEDIMENTS 7.01...example: Phosphoria formation, southeastern Idaho USA. In Reviews in Mineralogy: Vol. 48. Phosphates—Geochemical...Sayles Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA 7.02.1 INTRODUCTION 7.02.2 PORE-WATER SAMPLING AND...equatorial Atlantic (Ceara Rise, Cape Verde Plateau, and Sierra Leone Rise: Martin and Sayles, 1996; Hales and...Both 234Th and 210Pb proïŹles often had subsurface peaks several centimeters below the sediment –water interface
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(SME) 8307 Shaffer Parkway Littleton, Colorado, USA 80127 (303) 948-4200 / (800) 763-3132 www.smenet...enterprises such as Ray Consolidated Copper Co., Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., and Cyprus Mining Corp. Colonel...Bratney Chevron Energy Technology Company Houston, Texas Unimin Corporation Ottawa, Illinois Victor O....Washington, D.C. Solvay Chemicals, Inc. Houston, Texas Fred G. Heivilin Salt Institute Alexandria, Virginia...Virginia James G. Hemrick M-I LLC Houston, Texas Paul J. Henkels Franklin Industrial Minerals Nashville
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Truran, Jr. and A. Heger University of Chicago, IL, USA 1.01.1 INTRODUCTION 1.01.2 ABUNDANCES AND NUCLEOSYNTHESIS...at the position of 56Fe; and (iv) the abundance peaks in the region past iron at the neutron closed shell...K. Zinner Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA 1.02.1 INTRODUCTION 1.02.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND...P. Boss Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA 1.04.1 INTRODUCTION 1.04.2 FORMATION OF THE SOLAR...rate of about a solar mass per 100 Myr to episodic peaks a factor of 1,000 or more times higher during FU
 
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