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Locality Name:
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 24678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Heights Of Abraham
Tear Breeches Mine
Temple Mine
Wapping Mine

Latitude: 53°7'6"N
Longitude: 1°33'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.118333333333,-1.5619444444444
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: Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGypsumLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11200562734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11200563250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63120052,120053,120056919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211200535509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2120053,12005611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3120052,120053,12005627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3120053,120054,1200564979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22120053,12005627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11200532600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211200569895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24120052,120053,120054,1200569617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3120053,120054,12005624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2120053,1200567437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1120056717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11200566890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112005314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2120053,1200561689
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21120053265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22120052,120053987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112005312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211200565674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg1120053397
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2120053,1200561725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112005661156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22120052,120053454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11200566417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2120053,1200562473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112005321482


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