Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 146401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forest Of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 56
Child Localities:
BarnHill Quarry
Bix Slade Mine
Crabtree Pit Iron Mine
Crowsnest Iron Mine
Devil's Chapel Iron Mine
Devil's Ditch Iron Mine
Dropping Wells Iron Mine
Drybrook
Drybrook Iron Mine
Easter Iron Mine
Edgehill Iron Mine
Fairplay Iron Mine
Findalls Iron Mine
Forest Steel Iron Mine
Forget-me-not Iron Mine
Frog Pit Iron Mine
Hangerbury Iron Mine
Highmeadow Iron Mine
Jack's Pit Iron Mine
Lady Park Wood Iron Mine
Lambsquay Pit Iron Mine
Land Pit Iron Mine
Limekiln Pool Iron Mine
Lydbrook Iron Mine
Lydney Harbour
Lydney Park Iron Mine
Mine Train Quarry
New Dunn Pit Iron Mine
Newland
No Fold Land Pit Iron Mine
Noxon Park Mine
Oakwood Mill Deep Iron Mine
Old Bow Iron Mine
Old Ham Mine (Clearwell Caves)
Old Sally Iron Mine
Perseverance Iron Mine
Princess Louise Iron Mine
Puzzle Wood Iron Mine
Robin Hood Iron Mine
Scowles Pit Iron Mine
Scowles Slope Iron Mine
Shakemantle Deep Iron Mine
Slope Pit Iron Mine
South Oakwood Iron Mine
Speculation Pit Iron Mine
Sphero Pit Iron Mine
Staunton Iron Mine
Thatch Iron Mine
Tingle's Level Iron Mine
Tufton Pits Iron Mine
Upper Old Park Iron Mine
Victoria Pit No.2 Iron Mine
Westbury Brook Iron Mine
Wigpool Iron Mine
Wych Elm Iron Mine
Yew Tree Iron Mine

Latitude: 51°47'32"N
Longitude: 2°34'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.792222222222,-2.5713888888889

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	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Lepidocrocite	None

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 Fe H Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Lepidocrocite None

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Siderite ()*	Tosudite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	120739	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	120732,120739,120760,120761,120763,120766	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	120739,120760,120761,120763	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	120731,120732,120739,120758,120760,120761,120763,120766	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	120731,120732,120739,120758,120760,120761,120763	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	120758	581
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Tosudite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Na_0.5(Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₈O₁₈(OH)₁₂·5H₂O	1	120756	36

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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