Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 29381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Acomb, Northumberland, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Birkey Burn Deposit
Fallowfield Mine

Latitude: 54°59'48"N
Longitude: 2°5'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.996666666667,-2.0966666666667

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 O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlstoniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteNoneRocksalt

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Alstonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Galena  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)2112134724
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11213472734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112134711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112134727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11213474979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112134724243
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2121346,121347251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050267Fallowfield Mine, Acomb, Northumberland, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R050267


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