Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mountsorrel Quarry (Buddon Wood Quarry; Buddon Quarry), Barrow-upon-Soar, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 234578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mountsorrel Quarry (Buddon Wood Quarry; Buddon Quarry), Barrow-upon-Soar, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°43'53"N
Longitude: 1°10'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.731388888889,-1.1666666666667

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel
Titanite	Topaz	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 C Ca F Fe H Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mo O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Epidote Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile Spinel
Titanite Topaz Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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