Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell-in-the-Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 309
Youngest recorded age at locality: 281

mindat Locality ID: 1487
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1487.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell-in-the-Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°14'14"N
Longitude: 1°49'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.237222222222,-1.8230555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Enstatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Saponite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Natrolite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	309	281	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	309	281	1627
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	309	281	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	309	281	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	309	281	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	309	281	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	309	281	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	309	281	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	309	281	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	309	281	1756
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	309	281	944
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	309	281	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	309	281	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	309	281	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	309	281	407
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	309	281	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	309	281	1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	309	281	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	309	281	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	309	281	1711
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	309	281	301
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	309	281	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_092	309	281	295 ± 14	K/Ar	Intruded through older (Lower Carboniferous) lavas. Olivines partly altered, otherwise fresh		whole rock	FM 26						1487	Calton Hill Quarry, Blackwell-in-the-Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK	Calton Hill Quarry	Fitch et al. (1964)	10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.16	GSL1_159	Intrusive into an older volcanic complex of Lower Carboniferous age.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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