Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 207159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eyam, Derbyshire, England, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Black Hole Mine
Broadlow Mine
Glebe Mine
Hancock Shaft
Hay Cliff Mine (High Cliff Mine)
Ladywash Mine
Moorwood Mine
New Engine Mine
Old Edge Vein

Latitude: 53°17'34"N
Longitude: 1°40'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.292777777778,-1.6822222222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Fe O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	119973	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	119965,119966,119968,119970	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	119965,119968,119970,119972	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	119970,119972	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	119965,119966,119968,119970,119972	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	119965,119966,119969,119970	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	119967,119970	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	119965,119970	1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	119970	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	119970	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	119970	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	119968	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	119970	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	119967,119970,119972	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	119970	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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