Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lownathwaite Mine (Lownithwaite Mine; Lownethwaite Mine), Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 52941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lownathwaite Mine (Lownithwaite Mine; Lownethwaite Mine), Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dolly Level
Priscilla Level
Sir Francis Level
Sun Hush

Latitude: 54°24'10"N
Longitude: 2°5'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.402777777778,-2.0944444444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121210	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	121207,121210	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	121207,121208,121209,121210	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121207	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	121207,121208,121209,121210	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	121207,121208,121209,121210	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121207	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121207	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121208	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	121207,121208,121209	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	4	121207,121208,121209,121210	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	2	121208,121209	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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