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:
Lancashire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 18319
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18319.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lancashire, England, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chorley
Ribble Valley
West Lancashire

Latitude: 53°44'8"N
Longitude: 2°39'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.735555555556,-2.6602777777778

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	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Quartz ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Titanite ()*	Troilite ()*	Wairauite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Iron
Malachite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	120930	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	120927,120928	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120928	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	120928	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	120930	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	120938	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	120938	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	120933,120938	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	120930	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	120927	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	120938	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	120938	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	120938	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	120938	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	120930	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	120933	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	120938	1512
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120930	61156
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	120938	703
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi	1	120938	116
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	120933	4899
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	120938	1044
Wairauite ()*	Iron	CoFe	1	120938	16
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	120927	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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