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Locality Name:
Longstone Edge, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 207354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longstone Edge, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arthurton West Extension
Arthurton West Open Pit
Watersaw Mine

Latitude: 53°15'20"N
Longitude: 1°42'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.255555555556,-1.7008333333333

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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61119990919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111998911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2119989,11999027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11199894979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111999027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11199902970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23119988,119989,1199909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111998924243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11199896890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11199891689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111999012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111999021482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11199901101



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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