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Locality Name:
Stoke St Michael, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 244748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stoke St Michael, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Holcombe Quarry (Cook's Wood Quarry; Cookswood Quarry)
Moons Hill Quarry
Stoke Hill Quarry

Latitude: 51°13'1"N
Longitude: 2°28'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.216944444444,-2.4811111111111

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211215835509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2121581,12158327770
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11215833531
Copper  (*)CopperCu11215833846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11215832970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2121582,1215838173
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2121582,1215831271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112158312537



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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