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Locality Name:
Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 346.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 207021
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207021.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Clay Cross Mine
Fall Hill Quarry
Fallgate Borehole
Fallgate Quarry
Milltown Quarry
New Milltown Quarry
Stars Wood

Latitude: 53°9'18"N
Longitude: 1°28'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.155,-1.4716666666667

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: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCristobaliteDiasporeEttringiteFluorite
GypsumMarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ashoverite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Litharge  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Millerite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sidpietersite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Sweetite  (*)Weddellite  (*)Wülfingite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)25217411198122734
Ashoverite  (*)NoneZn(OH)20011198126
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)346.703119809,119812,11981411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)346.702119812,11981327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)25217411198124979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2346.70111980927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2346.7011198099895
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O346.70111981293
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22521745119808,119809,119812,119813,1198149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2521743119809,119812,11981324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)346.7011198097437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS346.702119809,119812717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O346.702119809,1198126890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS346.70111980962
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O0011198121689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2001119812201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6002119809,1198121066
Litharge  (*)NonePbO2521741119812139
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2346.7011198095674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO346.701119812202
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS346.7011198091066
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O001119812306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2346.703119809,119812,11981339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2346.7011198093106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl346.7011198091725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2346.702119809,11981261156
Sidpietersite  (*)NonePb2+4(S2O3)O2(OH)2346.7011198123
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)002119809,1198122473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2521743119809,119812,11981321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS25217411198122045
Sweetite  (*)NoneZn(OH)20011198124
Weddellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·2H2O002119809,11981232
Wülfingite  (*)CristobaliteZn(OH)20011198125
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS346.701119809372



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_551Near-surface occurrence of weddellite at a former limestone quarry. Weddellite forms as the oxalic acid from lichen interact with the limestone/calcite.
Michelle_727Ashover-Crich anticline is associated with the uplift of the Derbyshire Dome at 280 ma. The uplift exposed the Fallgate Volcanics, Matlock and Cawdor Limestone and Cawdor Shales of Visean age, and siltstone, mudstone and gritstone beds of Namurian age.
Michelle_807The Fallgate Volcanics is exposed by the uplift of the Derbyshire Dome. This formation was visible in the Milltown Quarry on the Northwest corner as the Fallgate Tuff but is currently buried beneath slurry from fluorite workings.
Michelle_808The Matlock and Crawdor Limestone are of Visean age. These formations host the Pb-Zn-Fluorite veins of Permo-Triassic to Jurassic age. The formations were exposed by the uplift of the Derbyshire Dome.
Michelle_809The Matlock and Crawdor Limestone are of Visean age. These formations host the Pb-Zn-Fluorite veins of Permo-Triassic to Jurassic age. The formations were exposed by the uplift of the Derbyshire Dome.
Michelle_810The Cawdor Shale
Michelle_811The Namurian age Ashover Grits include siltstone, mudstone and gritstone.
Michelle_812Pb-Zn-Fluorite mineral vein and chimney deposits in the Milltown Quarry are concentrated on the Southeastern flank of the Ashover-Crich anticline. Mineral veins (rakes) include Blackwell, Mill, Spencers, Great, Woodhead and Lomas.
Michelle_813The formation of zinc hydroxide minerals described here would require a highly alkaline oxidizing environment. Such an environment could have been caused locally by the leaching of calcined limestone, itself the result of lime burning or possibly of the older pre-gunpowder mining technique of fire-setting. A relationship between the formation of the zinc hydroxides and weddellite has not been ruled out. The paper refers this as the 'zinc hydroxide zone'.


9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_55100Recent Age of weddellite mineralizationhigh    Weddellite 1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Weddellite occurs due to the interaction of surface lichen and limestone/calcite.
Michelle_727280280280 Uplift of Derbyshire Dome      1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Uplift of Derbyshire Dome
Michelle_807346.7330.9ViseanStratigraphyAge of Fallgate Volcanics      1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Age of Fallgate Volcanics
Michelle_808346.7330.9ViseanStratigraphyAge of Matlock Limestone      1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Age of Matlock Limestone
Michelle_809346.7330.9ViseanStratigraphyAge of Cawdor Limestone      1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Age of Cawdor Limestone
Michelle_810346.7330.9ViseanStratigraphyAge of Cawdor Shales      1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Age of Cawdor Shales
Michelle_811326313NamurianStratigraphyAge of siltstone, mudstone and gritstone      1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Age of siltstone, mudstone and gritstone
Michelle_812252174Permo-Triassic, Early Jurassic Age of Mississippi Valley Type mineralization    Anglesite, Cerussite, Fluorite, Galena, Litharge, Sphalerite, Sulphur 1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Age of Mississippi Valley Type mineralization
Michelle_81300Anthropogenic Possibly anthropogenichigh    Ashoverite, Hemimorphite, Hydrocerussite, Hydrozincite, Palygorskite, Smithsonite, Sweetite, Wulfingite 1482Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, UKMilltown QuarryRust (1991) UJMM10_14Mineralization is likely of post-mining age due to the calcination of limestone interacting with zinc from vein mineralization. The reference suggests an anthropogenic origin for mineralization of the zinc hydroxide zone.


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