Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stiperstones, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 241945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stiperstones, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Burgam Mine (Burgham Mine; Burgum Mine)
Myttonsbeach Mine
New Venture Mine (Stiperstones Mine)
Perkinsbeach Mine

Latitude: 52°22'5"N
Longitude: 2°55'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.368055555556,-2.9327777777778

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	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Malachite
None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Devilline ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Witherite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Devilline Diaspore Malachite
None Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	121522,121523,121524,121525	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	121524	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121523,121524	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	121522,121524,121525	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121524	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	121524	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	121522,121523,121524,121525	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121524	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	121524	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121524	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	121524	1107
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	121523,121524	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4	121522,121523,121524,121525	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	121522,121524	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	121523,121524	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	2	121523,121524	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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