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Locality Name:
Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 1603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Engine Vein Mine, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°17'35"N
Longitude: 2°12'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.293055555556,-2.2086111111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
CopperCovelliteEnargiteGypsumLinariteLiroconiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMinium
NoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePlancheitePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite
VivianiteWurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Liroconite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Minium  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)22022002734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42202200246
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O2202200143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)222022005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)220220011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS422022005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)622022001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)220220027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62202200359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)22022004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22022005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2220220027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O22022003531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS22022004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O22022002970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42202200910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2202200814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS220220024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O22022006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O22022001689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)622022002228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2202200593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22202200265
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2202200234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22202200987
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O220220018
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2220220012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS222022005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2202200915
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42202200247
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2202200492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2202200428
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O220220074
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2202200309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2220220039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl22022001725
Silver  (*)CopperAg22022005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)22022002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS220220021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS22022002045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1322022005317
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2202200251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO422022001655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00410220220Triassic     Yes Cu830Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UKAlderly EdgeCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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