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Locality Name:
New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton Under Bardon, Hinckley And Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1590
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1590.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Cliffe Hill Quarry, Cliffe Hill Quarry, Stanton Under Bardon, Hinckley And Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°41'35"N
Longitude: 1°19'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.693055555556,-1.3230555555556

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDigenite
DomeykiteEpidoteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSpangolite
SphaleriteTyroliteVolborthite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bobkingite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoatacamite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Epidote  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parnauite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tangeite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)041
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bobkingite  (*)NoneCu5Cl2(OH)8·2H2O03
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinoatacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3043
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S160300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As073
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O0105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O0105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O090
Tangeite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(VO4)(OH)060
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2046
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O084



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