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Locality Name:
Low Row, Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 279976
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279976.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Low Row, Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Friar Intake Level

Latitude: 54°22'24"N
Longitude: 2°2'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.373333333333,-2.0411111111111

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 Cu F H O Pb S Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteFluoriteMalachiteNoneRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61121214919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112121411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112121427770
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211212149617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112121424243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611212141066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112121412537
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21121214454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11212142473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112121421482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1121214589
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1121214251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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