Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 302534
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302534.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire, England, UK": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ashby Woulds
Bardon
Breedon On The Hill
Measham
Staunton Harold
Thringstone
Whitwick

Latitude: 52°44'57"N
Longitude: 1°24'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.749166666667,-1.4127777777778

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	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore
Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Volborthite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vésigniéite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Mo O Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Descloizite Diaspore
Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Volborthite

32 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	1	120978	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120978	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	120980	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	120982,120983,120988,120992	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	120978,120980,120982,120983,120986,120988,120990,120992	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	120983	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	120980	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	120980,120982,120983,120988	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	120992	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	120980	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	120980	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	120978,120982,120988,120990,120992	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	120982,120983,120988	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	120983	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	120980,120992	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	120980	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	120978,120980,120983,120985,120986,120990,120992	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	120988	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	120980,120982,120983	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	120983	5674
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	120992	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	120992	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	120978,120980,120983,120985,120986	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	120992	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	120980,120983,120992	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	120978,120986	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	120988	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	120978,120982,120983,120988	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	120983	5317
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	120980	46
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	1	120980	155
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	120982	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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