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Bandera County, Texas, USAi
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Bandera CountyCounty
TexasState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Lakehills5,150 (2011)
Medina3,247 (2010)
Bandera877 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
31005
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:31005:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
comté de Bandera, Texas, États-Unis
German:
Bandera County, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
contea di Bandera, Texas, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Бандьера, Техас, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
班德拉縣, 德克萨斯州, 美国
Spanish:
Condado de Bandera, Texas, Estados Unidos
Albanian:
Bandera County, Texas, Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës
Arabic:
مقاطعة بانديرا , تكساس, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Բանդերա շրջան, Տեխաս, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Basque:
Bandera konderria , Texas
Bavarian:
Bandera County, Texas, Vaoanigte Stootn
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
বান্ডেরা কাউন্টি, টেক্সাস, তিলপারাষ্ট্র
Bulgarian:
Бандера, Тексас, Съединени американски щати
Cebuano:
Bandera County, Texas
Czech:
Bandera County, Texas, Spojené státy americké
Danish:
Bandera County, Texas, USA
Dutch:
Bandera County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
Estonian:
Bandera maakond, Texas, Ameerika Ühendriigid
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان بندرا، تگزاس, تگزاس, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Georgian:
ბანდიერას ოლქი, ტეხასი, ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
Hungarian:
Bandera megye, Texas, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Indonesian:
County Bandera, Texas, Amerika Serikat
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Bandera, Texas, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
バンデラ郡, テキサス州, アメリカ合衆国
Latin:
Bandera Comitatus, Texia, Civitates Foederatae Americae
Low Saxon/Low German:
Bandera County, Texas, USA
Min Dong Chinese:
Bandera Gông, Texas
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Bandera Kūn
Norwegian:
Bandera County, Texas, USA
Polish:
Hrabstwo Bandera, Teksas, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Condado de Bandera, Texas, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Comitatul Bandera, Texas, Statele Unite ale Americii
Sardinian:
contea de Bandera, Texas, Istados Unidos de Amèrica
Scottish Gaelic:
Bandera County, Texas, Na Stàitean Aonaichte
Serbian:
Округ Бандера, Тексас, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Bandera County, Texas, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Slovak:
Bandera County, Texas, Spojené štáty
Swedish:
Bandera County, Texas, USA
Traditional Chinese:
班德拉縣, 德薩斯州, 美國
Turkish:
Bandera, Teksas, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Бандера, Техас, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
بینڈیرا کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, ٹیکساس, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Vietnamese:
Quận Bandera, Texas, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Waray:
Condado han Bandera, Texas, Estados Unidos
Western Punjabi:
باندیرا کاؤنٹی, ٹیکساس, امریکہ


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2 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Hematite4.CB.05Fe2O3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Gypsum
var. Alabaster
7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Unclassified
'Clay minerals'-
'Soapstone'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Gypsum var. AlabasterCaSO4 · 2H2O
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
O Gypsum var. AlabasterCaSO4 · 2H2O
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HematiteFe2O3
SSulfur
S Gypsum var. AlabasterCaSO4 · 2H2O
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Ca Gypsum var. AlabasterCaSO4 · 2H2O
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
FeIron
Fe HematiteFe2O3

Fossils

There are 7 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences10
Youngest Fossil Listed101 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed145 Ma (Late Jurassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Trinity - Glen Rose1109 - 66 Ma (Cretaceous)
Fredricksburg - Glen Rose Limestone2112.03 - 109 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Glen Rose Limestone4112.03 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Glen Rose1112.03 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Trinity - Glen Rose - Lower1113 - 100.5 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Douvilleiceras
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Douvilleiceratidae : Douvilleiceras112.03 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Dinosauria
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Brontopodus birdi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Saurischia : Brontopodus : Brontopodus birdi113 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Engonoceras complicatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Engonoceras : Engonoceras complicatum112.03 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Platiknemiceras flexuosum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Engonoceratidae : Platiknemiceras : Platiknemiceras flexuosum112.03 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Douvilleiceras mammillatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Douvilleiceratidae : Douvilleiceras : Douvilleiceras mammillatum112.03 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Douvilleiceras orbignyi
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Douvilleiceratidae : Douvilleiceras : Douvilleiceras orbignyi112.03 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pagurus banderensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Pagurus : Pagurus banderensis145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pycnomicrodon texanus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : Pycnomicrodon : Pycnomicrodon texanus145 - 100.5 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 7 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandera_County,_Texas
Wikidata ID:Q108367
GeoNames ID:4672172


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