Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Blakethwaite Mine
Friarfold Mine
Lownathwaite Mine (Lownithwaite Mine; Lownethwaite Mine)
Winterings Edge

Latitude: 54°24'14"N
Longitude: 2°5'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.403888888889,-2.0869444444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Witherite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121210	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	121202,121204,121205,121206,121207,121210,121211	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	121204,121207,121208,121209,121210,121211	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	121205,121207	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	121204,121205,121207,121208,121209,121210,121211	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	121202,121204,121205,121206,121207,121208,121209,121210,121211	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121211	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	121204,121207	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	121211	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	121207,121211	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	121208,121211	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121204	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	7	121202,121204,121205,121206,121207,121208,121209	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	5	121204,121207,121208,121209,121210	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	6	121202,121204,121205,121206,121208,121209	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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