Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castleside, Co. Durham, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 203760
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203760.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castleside, Co. Durham, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Castleside Smelting Mill Slag Locality
Healeyfield Mine

Latitude: 54°54'59"N
Longitude: 1°56'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.916388888889,-1.9461111111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chenite
Connellite	Copper	Cristobalite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Linarite
Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Spangolite	Starkeyite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Boleite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chenite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprostibite ()*	Devilline ()*	Elyite ()*	Fiedlerite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Fougèrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*
Laurionite ()*	Lead ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*
Malachite ()*	Orthoserpierite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Rozenite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Spangolite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Susannite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Zlatogorite ()*

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chenite
Connellite Copper Cristobalite Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Linarite
Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Spangolite Starkeyite Sulphur

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	117005	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	117005	3250
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			1	117005	65
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	117005	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	117005	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	117005	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	117005	4979
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	117005	352
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	117005	925
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	117005	194
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	117005	40
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	117005	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	117005	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	117005	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	117005	2970
Cuprostibite ()*	None	Cu₂(Sb,Tl)			1	117005	15
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	117005	366
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	117005	85
Fiedlerite ()*	None	Pb₃Cl₄F(OH)·H₂O	0	0	1	117005	14
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	117005	9617
Fougèrite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3H₂O			1	117005	20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	117005,117006	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O			1	117005	68
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	117005	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	117005	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	117005	6890
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	117005	201
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	117005	2228
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			1	117005	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	117005	593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	117005	49
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	117005	192
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	117005	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	117005	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO			1	117005	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	117005	12537
Orthoserpierite ()*	None	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	117005	40
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	117005	46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			1	117005	142
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	117006	1725
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	117005	293
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			1	117005	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	117005	292
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O			1	117005	105
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	117005	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	117005	99
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	117005	369
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	117005	95
Zlatogorite ()*	Nickeline	CuNiSb₂			1	117005	2

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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