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Locality Name:
Askrigg, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 29394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Askrigg, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beezy String
Haw Bank Edge
Worton Hall Level

Latitude: 54°19'30"N
Longitude: 2°4'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.325,-2.0783333333333

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 Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNoneRocksalt
Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Siderite  (*)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)11211633250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61121163919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3121162,121163,12116411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2121162,12116327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22121163,12116427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211211649895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211211649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112116224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11211627437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112116314640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611211631066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112116312537
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11211636417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2121163,12116421482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)1121162251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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