Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 26705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rookhope, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Boltsburn Mine
Frazer's Hush Mine
Groverake Mine
North Groverake Quarry
Redburn Mine
Stotfield Burn Mine
Wolfcleugh Mine (Thorney Slitts)

Latitude: 54°47'13"N
Longitude: 2°8'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.786944444444,-2.1338888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copiapite	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Ankerite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferricopiapite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ag Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copiapite Copper Fluorite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	117133	3092
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈	1	117135	67
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	117134,117135	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	117133,117134,117135,117136,117137,117139	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	117135	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	117135,117137	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	117133,117135	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	117135	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	117134	9895
Ferricopiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe³⁺_0.67Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	1	117135	41
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	7	117133,117134,117135,117136,117137,117138,117139	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	117133,117134,117135,117137,117138,117139	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	117133,117134	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	117133	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	117133,117134,117135	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	117134,117135	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	117133,117134,117135,117136,117137,117138	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	117133,117134,117139	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	117133,117134,117135,117136,117137	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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