Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 29393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allendale, Northumberland, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Allenheads Mine (Beaumont Mine)
Dirt Pot Lead Smelt Mill Slag Locality
Sipton Mine
Sparty Lea
Swinhope Moor
Wainford Bridge Quarry

Latitude: 54°49'10"N
Longitude: 2°14'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.819444444444,-2.2391666666667

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	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Lead ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Litharge ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Gypsum None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	121350	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	121349,121353	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121350,121355	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	121349,121351,121353	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	121350,121353	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	121349,121353	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	121349	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	121349,121351,121353	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	121349,121350,121351,121353	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	121350	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121350	201
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	121350	192
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121350	265
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	1	121350	139
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	121349,121353	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	121349,121353	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	121349,121353,121354	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	121349,121353,121354	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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