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Locality Name:
Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 176

mindat Locality ID: 284151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Budleigh Salterton Beach
Littleham Bay

Latitude: 50°36'46"N
Longitude: 3°21'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.612777777778,-3.3580555555556
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteDomeykiteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MicaModderiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPascoitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineVivianiteVolborthiteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Anatase  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Huemulite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langisite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Modderite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Paramelaconite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rauvite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)Trona  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)225217611201713419
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)252176112017141
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO225217611201712162
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2521761120171445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)25217611201713250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32521761120171544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)225217611201715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252176112017111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425217611201715516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252176112017127770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O25217611201711184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25217611201715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252176112017127198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2521761120171281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2521762120170,120171566
Copper  (*)CopperCu25217611201713846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25217611201714165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O25217611201712970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S25217611201711027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162521761120171300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225217611201719895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As252176112017173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2521762120170,120171814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252176112017124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2521762120170,1201717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu252176112017130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O25217611201716890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3252176112017114640
Huemulite  (*)PascoiteNa4MgV5+10O28·24H2O252176112017116
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325217611201715433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425217611201715591
Langisite  (*)NickelineCoAs25217611201714
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O2521761120171149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2252176112017112537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As82521761120171161
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2521761120171129
Modderite  (*)ModderiteCoAs25217611201715
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O3252176112017115
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)2521761120171136
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252176112017117380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2521761120171633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2521761120171471
Paramelaconite  (*)NoneCu1+2Cu2+2O3252176112017113
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2252176112017139
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2252176112017152
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O252176112017178
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2521761120171309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252176112017139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO225217611201713106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825217611201719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252176112017161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22521761120171233
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O252176112017132
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22521761120171253
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2521761120171598
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2521762120170,1201712705
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O112017073
Silver  (*)CopperAg25217611201715186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO25217611201711101
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O2521761120171129
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2521761120171628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22521762120170,1201712718
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2252176112017146
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O2521761120171155


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
Emily000536252176 U-Pbmineralization      4422Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UKLittleham Mudstone FormationMilodowski A E et al. (2002) SKAB1_1 

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