Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Muker, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 26573
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26573.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muker, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Beldi Hill Mines
Crackpot Hall Mine
Great Sleddale (Great Sled Dale)
Hall Side Edge
Little Moor Foot Mine
Lower Gill Mine
Swinner Gill Mines

Latitude: 54°20'39"N
Longitude: 2°8'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.344166666667,-2.1480555555556

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121220,121222	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	121222	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121219	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	121217,121218,121219,121220,121221,121222,121223	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	121217	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	121217,121218,121219,121220,121221,121222,121223	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	121219,121222	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	121219	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	121219	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	121217,121218,121220,121222,121223	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	121220,121223	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	121219,121222	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	121220,121222	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	121218,121220,121223	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	121217	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	121217,121218,121220,121223	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	121221	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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