Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 29382
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29382.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Allen, Northumberland, England, UK": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carrshield
Coalcleugh
Ninebanks
Wellhope Shaft Dumps
Wellhopehead Mine

Latitude: 54°49'30"N
Longitude: 2°20'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.825,-2.3355555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Harmotome	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Witherite ()*

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: Al 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:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Gypsum Harmotome None Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	121381,121385,121386	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	121381,121382,121388,121389,121390,121391	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	7	121381,121382,121383,121385,121388,121389,121391	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	121381,121382,121389,121391	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121381	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	121383,121385,121386,121391	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	121381,121382,121383,121385,121386,121388,121391	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	121391	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	121386	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	121391	290
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	121383,121385,121386,121391	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	121386,121391	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	121381,121383,121385,121386,121390,121391	21482
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	6	121381,121382,121383,121388,121390,121391	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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