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Locality Name:
Nottinghamshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 16807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nottinghamshire, England, UK": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ashfield
Bassetlaw
Broxtowe
Gedling
Mansfield
Newark And Sherwood
Rushcliffe

Latitude: 53°2'34"N
Longitude: 1°8'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.042777777778,-1.1369444444444

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumMalachiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2121424,1214321588
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61121422919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6121401,121406,121408,121414,121419,12142211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4121401,121407,121410,12142227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11214411252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112142227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23121406,121407,1214229895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5121401,121406,121407,121410,12142224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11121424,121425,121428,121430,121432,121433,121435,121437,121439,121441,1214426890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112142212537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1121422915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112142239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112140661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112142221482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42121403,1214171655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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