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:
Shepshed, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 286811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shepshed, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Longcliffe Quarry
Newhurst Quarry

Latitude: 52°45'8"N
Longitude: 1°16'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.752222222222,-1.2741666666667

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Volborthite

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Zálesíite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Descloizite Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Volborthite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	120962	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	120962	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	120961,120962	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	120962	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	120962	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	120962	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120962	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	120962	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	120962	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	120961,120962	12537
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	120962	362
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	120962	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120962	61156
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	120962	605
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	120962	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	120962	155
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	120962	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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