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Locality Name:
Snelston, Derbyshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Snelston, Derbyshire, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Isolation Mine (Snelston Mine)

Latitude: 52°58'8"N
Longitude: 1°46'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.968888888889,-1.7702777777778
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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteDevillineLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupRocksaltScheelite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11201002734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61120100919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211201005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112010011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611201001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112010027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61120100359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11201004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11201005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112010027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112010024243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1120100593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21120100987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112010012537
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1120100292
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411201001655


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