Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Whitwick, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 293995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitwick, North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Springhill Quarry (Peldar Tor Quarry)

Latitude: 52°44'15"N
Longitude: 1°20'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.7375,-1.3344444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Mica	None	Quartz
Rutile

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Descloizite Mica None Quartz
Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	120992	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120992	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	120992	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120992	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	120992	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	120992	14640
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	120992	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	120992	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	120992	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	120992	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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