Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pouk Hill Quarry (Pouck Hill Quarry), Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands Metropolitan County, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 289
Youngest recorded age at locality: 245

mindat Locality ID: 1623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pouk Hill Quarry (Pouck Hill Quarry), Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands Metropolitan County, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°35'30"N
Longitude: 2°'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.591666666667,-2.0130555555556

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.

Baryte	Natrolite	None	Pectolite	Prehnite

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 Ba Ca H Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca H Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Natrolite None Pectolite Prehnite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Mesolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	289	245	11547
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	289	245	425
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	289	245	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	289	245	1898

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
	Lucy_090	289	245	267 ± 22	K/Ar	Intruded into Middle Coal Measures. Olivines altered, otherwise fresh		whole rock	FM 50						1623	Pouk Hill Quarry (Pouck Hill Quarry), Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands Metropolitan County, England, UK	Pouk Hill	Fitch et al. (1964)	10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.16	GSL1_159

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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