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Locality Name:
Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 290306
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290306.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Brockholes Mine
Brownfield Mine
Disher Force Level
Haw Bank Level
Ivy Scar
Thackthwaite Beck Hush
Wet Grooves Mine (Wet Groves Mine)

Latitude: 54°16'2"N
Longitude: 2°1'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.267222222222,-2.0213888888889

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 Cd Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11211703250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64121169,121170,121174,121175919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6121169,121170,121172,121173,121174,12117511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7121169,121170,121171,121172,121173,121174,12117527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11211754979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24121170,121172,121174,12117527198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24121172,121173,121174,1211759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4121169,121170,121172,12117524243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1121175717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11211756890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2121174,1211751689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21121175987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24121169,121170,121174,12117512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112117039462
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4121169,121170,121174,1211752473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4121171,121172,121174,12117521482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2121169,121170251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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