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Locality Name:
Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cromford, Derbyshire, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Adventure Mine
Bage Mine
Bolehill (Bole Hill)
Cromford Rock Mine
Cromford Smelting Mill Slag Locality
Cromford Sough
Dene Quarry
Level Mine
Steeplehouse Quarry
Wallclose Mine

Latitude: 53°5'49"N
Longitude: 1°33'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.096944444444,-1.565
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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteMatlockiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matlockite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2119946,1199512734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2119946,11995111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2119946,11995127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11199504979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1119951925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23119946,119948,11995127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11199513531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211199519895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22119946,1199519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2119946,11994724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11199466890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111995114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11199461689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611199461066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22119946,11995112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211199515674
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF111994629
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl22119946,119954142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111995139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11199471725
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11199462473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111994621482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2119947,1199512045
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1119953636


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