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Locality Name:
Hartland Quay, Hartland, Torridge, Devon, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 245118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hartland Quay, Hartland, Torridge, Devon, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
St Catherines Tor

Latitude: 50°59'30"N
Longitude: 4°31'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.991666666667,-4.5308333333333
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 K Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H K O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211203853092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211203855509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112038527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11203855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112038527198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11203853846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211203859895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11203857437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112038514640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1120385593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1120385581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112038512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211203855674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112038539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211203853106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112038561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11203856417


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