Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ladywell Mine, Shelve, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1608
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1608.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ladywell Mine, Shelve, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°35'9"N
Longitude: 2°59'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.585833333333,-2.9933333333333

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Diaspore	Linarite
Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Devilline ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Devilline Diaspore Linarite
Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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