Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ecton, Staffordshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ecton, Staffordshire, England, UK": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Back Of Ecton
Birch's Level
Bowler Mine
Clay Mine
Clayton Mine
Dutchman Mine (Dutchman Level)
East Ecton Mine
Ecton Mine (Deep Ecton Pipe)
Good Hope Mine (Goodhope Mine)
Gould Ecton Mine
Gregory Mine
Hamnook Mine
Platt Mine
Quarry Mine
Swainsley Mine
The Lum

Latitude: 53°7'7"N
Longitude: 1°51'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.118611111111,-1.8527777777778

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Ktenasite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Talc	Wurtzite

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Se Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Devilline Diaspore Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Ktenasite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Matlockite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Talc Wurtzite

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matlockite ()*	Millerite ()*	Morenosite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Olsacherite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schmiederite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zaratite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	121715	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	6	121713,121714,121715,121719,121720,121723	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	121719,121720,121722,121728	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	121713,121714,121715,121719,121720,121723,121728	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	121720,121728	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	121715,121719	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	121713,121714,121715,121716,121719,121720,121721,121722,121723,121728	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	121715	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	121713,121714,121715,121719,121721	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	0		925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	121722,121728	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	121714,121715,121719,121720,121721,121722,121723,121728	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	121715	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	121722	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	121715	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121715	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	121719	179
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	121715,121719	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	121713,121715,121719,121720,121723,121728	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	121713,121714,121715,121720,121721,121722,121723,121728	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	121719,121720	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	121715	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	121715,121719	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	121719	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	121719	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	121715,121719	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	121715	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121715	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	121715,121719	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	121713,121714,121715,121719,121720,121722,121728	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	121715,121722	5674
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	1	121715	29
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	121719,121722	1066
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	121719	84
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	121715	58
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	1	121715	10
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	121715	142
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	121715	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	121713,121715,121719,121720,121722,121728	39462
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	121715	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	121715,121719	454
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	1	121715	13
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	121715	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	2	121715,121719	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	4	121713,121715,121719,121721	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	121713,121714,121715,121720,121721,121728	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	121715	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	121719	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	121715,121730	1655
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	121719	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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