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Locality Name:
Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 26583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westgate, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Cambokeels Mine (Cammock Isle Mine; Cumnock Isle Mine; Cammock Eals Mine)
Heights Mine
Heights Quarry
Lower Slitt Hushes
Middlehope Burn
Middlehope Shield Mine
Park Burn Opencut
Rigg Mine
Slitt Mine
West Rigg Quarry

Latitude: 54°44'46"N
Longitude: 2°7'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.746111111111,-2.1311111111111
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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMarcasite
NickelineNonePectolitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11171481627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22117150,1171563092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5117149,117150,117151,117153,1171553250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111715711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311171481935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8117148,117149,117150,117151,117153,117154,117155,11715727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11171544979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111714827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22117148,1171529895
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1117148303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF29117148,117149,117150,117151,117153,117154,117155,117156,1171579617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9117148,117149,117150,117151,117153,117154,117155,117156,11715724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)6117150,117151,117153,117154,117155,1171577437
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611171571066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111715412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22117152,1171565674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1117152633
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1117148363
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23117148,117150,11715139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82117148,1171529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28117148,117149,117150,117151,117153,117154,117155,11715661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)5117150,117152,117155,117156,1171576417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3117148,117150,11715621482


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