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Locality Name:
Westbury On Trym, Bristol, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 281859
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281859.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Westbury On Trym, Bristol, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wesley Mine (Didsbury College Mine)

Latitude: 51°30'2"N
Longitude: 2°37'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.500555555556,-2.6205555555556

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: B Ba C Ca Cl Cu H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAsisiteBaryteCalciteDescloiziteNoneNot in a structural groupScheelite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chloroxiphite  (*)Crednerite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Kombatite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Mendipite  (*)
Mereheadite  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)Parkinsonite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Rickturnerite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260200111695411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260200111695427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26020011169544979
Chloroxiphite  (*)NonePb3CuO2Cl2(OH)226020011169548
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2260200111695435
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2602001116954378
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22602001116954201
Kombatite  (*)NonePb14O9(VO4)2Cl426020011169542
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)260200111695449
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl2260200111695417
Mereheadite  (*)NonePb47O24(OH)13Cl25(BO3)2(CO3)26020011169544
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)260200111695446
Parkinsonite  (*)AsisitePb7MoO9Cl226020011169543
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl22602001116954142
Rickturnerite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb7O4[Mg(OH)4](OH)Cl326020011169542
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2602001116954605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO426020011169541655



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00066260200 Pb-Pb     Parkinsonite, WulfeniteMo4868Wesley Mine (Didsbury College Mine), Westbury On Trym, Bristol, England, UK Moorbath (1962)10.1098/rsta.1962.0001PTRSL254_295 


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