Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Longstone Edge, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 207354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longstone Edge, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Arthurton West Extension
Arthurton West Open Pit
Watersaw Mine

Latitude: 53°15'20"N
Longitude: 1°42'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.255555555556,-1.7008333333333

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	119990	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	119989	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	119989,119990	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	119989	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	119990	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	119990	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	119988,119989,119990	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	119989	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	119989	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	119989	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	119990	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	119990	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	119990	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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