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Locality Name:
Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 1519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Frank Mills Mine (Frankmills Mine)
Hill Copse
Wheal Exmouth

Latitude: 50°37'47"N
Longitude: 3°38'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.629722222222,-3.6436111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Linarite	None	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Linarite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Linarite None Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	260	260	1	120310	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	1	120310	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	2	120308,120310	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	260	260	1	120310	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	120310	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	2	120308,120310	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	120310	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	2	120308,120310	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	120310	7437
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	260	260	2	120308,120310	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	260	260	1	120310	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	1	120310	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	120309	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	260	260	1	120310	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	120310	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	120309	969
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	2	120308,120310	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	1	120310	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	1	120310	5317

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00415	260	260	U. Permian										Cu	34103	Wheal Exmouth, Christow, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	Exmouth	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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