Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eskdale No. 3 Borehole (Sleights), Eskdaleside Cum Ugglebarnby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 204514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eskdale No. 3 Borehole (Sleights), Eskdaleside Cum Ugglebarnby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°27'1"N
Longitude: 0°-39'-44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.450277777778,-0.66222222222222

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.

Calcite	Carnallite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rinneite	Rocksalt	Talc

Anhydrite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rinneite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*

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: C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Carnallite Clay Corundum Gypsum Kieserite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rinneite Rocksalt Talc

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	80
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rinneite ()*	Rinneite	K₃NaFe²⁺Cl₆	20
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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