Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Blue John Mine (Blue John Cavern)
Cavedale
Cowlow Nick
Dirtlow Rake
Mam Tor
Odin Mine
Old Moor Mine
Old Tor Mine
Peakshole Sough
Pindale
Portaway Pit (Portway Pit; Gravel Pit; Old Wham Vein)
Red Seats Mine (Red Seats Vein)
Shackhole Scrin
Slate Scrin Mine
Speedwell Mine (Oakden Level)
Treak Cliff Cavern (Treak Cliff Mine)
Upper Odin Mine
Wall Shaft Mine
Wham Engine Mine
Windy Knoll Quarry

Latitude: 53°20'18"N
Longitude: 1°47'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.338333333333,-1.7913888888889

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Vivianite

Allophane ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Vivianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	2	119908,119909	470
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	119925	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	17	119893,119895,119898,119899,119900,119901,119909,119911,119912,119916,119917,119920,119922,119923,119924,119926,119927	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	12	119895,119896,119900,119901,119909,119911,119912,119922,119923,119924,119925,119927	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	119925	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	119896,119901,119912,119925,119927	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	119927	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	119895,119912,119913,119922,119923,119927	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	119909	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	21	119893,119894,119895,119900,119901,119906,119909,119911,119912,119915,119916,119917,119919,119920,119922,119923,119924,119925,119926,119927,119929	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	22	119895,119897,119898,119899,119900,119901,119903,119904,119905,119906,119907,119909,119911,119912,119913,119920,119921,119922,119923,119924,119927,119929	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	8	119895,119901,119909,119912,119920,119922,119923,119927	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	119908,119909	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	119912	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	119908	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	119895,119912,119925	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	4	119901,119909,119927,119929	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	119909	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	119923,119927	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	119894,119895,119896,119908,119922,119925,119927	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	119925	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	119894,119895,119896,119906,119913,119920,119925	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	119908,119913	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	119921,119927	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	119909,119921,119923	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	119909,119929	2045
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	119909,119927	636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	3	119896,119909,119924	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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