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Locality Name:
Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 239
Youngest recorded age at locality: 211

mindat Locality ID: 14558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UK": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Arkwright Mine
Black Ox Mine
Cawdor Quarry
Cumberland Mine
Darley Bridge
Devonshire Cavern
Dido's Cave
Dimple Mine
High Tor
Jug Holes
Long Tor Mine
Masson Hill And Mines
Masson Hill Quarry
Owlet Hole
Riber Mine
Royal Mine

Latitude: 53°7'26"N
Longitude: 1°33'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.123888888889,-1.5655555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeDigeniteFluorite
GypsumLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Wurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2120036,1200493250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62120034,120043919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)223921105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2392112120042,12004411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411200475516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6120036,120040,120042,120045,120047,12004927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2392113120044,120045,1200494979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22392113120036,120044,12004727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11200433531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2120039,1200473846
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S23921101027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)223921111200449895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22392117120040,120041,120042,120043,120044,120045,1200499617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2392113120040,120044,12004524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)23921111200447437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2392110717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2392112120036,1200446890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3239211112004414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2392115120036,120038,120044,120045,1200491689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21120043201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611200431066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22392111120044265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22392110987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4239211014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112004212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22392115120040,120042,120044,120047,12004839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22392113120041,120044,12004561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21120034454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11200366417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2392116120036,120038,120044,120045,120046,1200492473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112004521482
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1120049372


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
Lucy_085239211225 ± 14K/ArExtruded during Dibunophyllure Zone. Feldspars kaolinized, rock extensively chloritizedwhole rockFM 25    207106Masson Hill And Mines, Matlock, Derbyshire, England, UKMasson HillFitch et al. (1964)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15GSL1_159In the specimen analysed, the original ferro-magnesian minerals had been replaced by new chlorite and silica, and the plagioclase was somewhat kaolinized. The greater part of the previously accumulated radiogenic argon would have diffused from the rock during metasomatism and the age obtained is closely related to that of the mineralization (i.e., the formation of new chlorite) and not to that of extrusion.

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