Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wells, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24499
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24499.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wells, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dulcote Quarry
Whatley Quarry

Latitude: 51°12'39"N
Longitude: 2°30'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.210833333333,-2.5016666666667

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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 Cd F Fe H O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	121585,121586	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121585,121586	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	121585	1252
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	121586	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	121586	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	121585,121586	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	121586	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	121585	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121586	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	121585,121586	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	121586	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	121585	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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