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Locality Name:
Exmoor (civil Parish), Somerset West And Taunton, Somerset, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 225352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Exmoor (civil Parish), Somerset West And Taunton, Somerset, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hoaroak Hill (Oare Oak Hill)
Wheal Eliza (Wheal Maria)

Latitude: 51°8'56"N
Longitude: 3°46'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.148888888889,-3.7727777777778

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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeMalachiteNonePyrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411216295516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611216291633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112162927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11216295707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112162927198
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2121628,1216297437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32121628,12162914640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1121629593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112162912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112162939462
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O112162945
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11216296417



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