Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Back Of Ecton, Ecton, Staffordshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 241973
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241973.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Back Of Ecton, Ecton, Staffordshire, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bag Mine
Chadwick Mine
Waterbank Mine

Latitude: 53°7'1"N
Longitude: 1°50'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.116944444444,-1.8480555555556

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Devilline	Fluorite	Gypsum
Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Matlockite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matlockite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Olsacherite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Schmiederite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Se Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Devilline Fluorite Gypsum
Ktenasite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Matlockite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite

37 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	121715	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	3	121713,121714,121715	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	121713,121714,121715	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	121715	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	121713,121714,121715	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	121715	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	121713,121714,121715	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	121714,121715	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	121715	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	121715	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121715	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	121715	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	121713,121715	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	121713,121714,121715	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	121715	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	121715	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	121715	1066
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	121715	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121715	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	121715	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	121713,121714,121715	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	121715	5674
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF	1	121715	29
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	121715	58
Olsacherite ()*	Baryte	Pb₂(Se⁶⁺O₄)(SO₄)	1	121715	10
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	121715	142
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	121715	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	121713,121715	39462
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	1	121715	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121715	454
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	1	121715	13
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	1	121715	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	121715	292
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	121713,121715	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	121713,121714,121715	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	121715	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	121715	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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