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Locality Name:
Bollihope District, Co. Durham, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 25888
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25888.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bollihope District, Co. Durham, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bollihope Smelt Mill (Bishopley) Slag Locality
Cornish Hush Mine
Harnisha Burn Mine
Whitfield Brow Mines
Yew Tree Mine

Latitude: 54°42'27"N
Longitude: 1°59'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.7075,-1.9977777777778
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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeFluorite
GypsumMalachiteMatlockiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSulphur

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Blixite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gearksutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Malachite  (*)Matlockite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11169962734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11169963250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211170005509
Blixite  (*)NonePb8O5(OH)2Cl411169967
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2116996,11699727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61116996359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3116996,116999,1170004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111699727198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24116997,116998,116999,1170009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5116996,116997,116998,116999,11700024243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O111699668
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11170007437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11169966890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21116996201
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611170002228
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)111699697
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)111699649
Lead  (*)CopperPb1116996192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21116996265
Litharge  (*)NonePbO1116996139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22116996,11700012537
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF111699629
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl111699632
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11169961107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111699739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11169991725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24116997,116998,116999,11700061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11170002473
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11169962045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2111699699


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