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:
Brassington, Derbyshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 207022
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207022.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bees Nest Sand Pit
Brassington Moor
Grange Mill Quarry
Green Linnets Mine
High Peak Quarry
Kirkham's Sand Pit
Spencers Sand Pit

Latitude: 53°5'28"N
Longitude: 1°39'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.091111111111,-1.6580555555556

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	None	Quartz

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 Cl Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite None Quartz

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	119874	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	119873	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	119878,119879	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	119876	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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