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Locality Name:
Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 207183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonsall, Derbyshire, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ball Eye Quarry
Bonsall Leys Mines
Bonsall Moor
Low Mine
Slaley Quarry (Parish Quarry)

Latitude: 53°7'2"N
Longitude: 1°35'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.117222222222,-1.5919444444444
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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
Sulphur

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)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)3119842,119843,1198472734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61119847919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211198425509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3119842,119846,11984711547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611198421633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4119842,119844,119846,11984727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2119842,1198474979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1119843925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22119846,11984727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11198423846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24119842,119844,119846,1198479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7119842,119843,119845,119846,119847,119848,11984924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2119842,1198471689
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1119850581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23119842,119846,11984712537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111984239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11198441725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111984761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2119842,1198442473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111984521482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2119842,1198432045
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42119842,1198431655


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