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:
North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 17988
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17988.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Molton, North Devon, Devon, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bampfylde Mine (Prince Regent Mine; Poltimore Mine; North Molton Copper Mine)
New Florence Mine

Latitude: 51°5'0"N
Longitude: 3°47'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.083333333333,-3.7961111111111

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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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: Au Ba C Cl Cu Fe H O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	120240	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	120240	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	120240	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	120240	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	120240	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	120240	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	120240	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	120240	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	120240	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	120240	1027
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	120240	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	120240	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	120240,120241	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	120240	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	120240	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	120240,120241	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	120240	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120240	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	120240	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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