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Locality Name:
Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1617
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1617.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Higher Pitts Mine, Priddy, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°14'19"N
Longitude: 2°40'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.238611111111,-2.6675
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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PerovskiteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloroxiphite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Kentrolite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Melanotekite  (*)Mendipite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chloroxiphite  (*)NonePb3CuO2Cl2(OH)208
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2035
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4057
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)20201
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)022
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)022
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl2017
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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