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Locality Name:
Chollerton, Northumberland, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 303077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-303077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chollerton, Northumberland, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Barrasford Quarry

Latitude: 55°5'0"N
Longitude: 2°4'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.083333333333,-2.0794444444444

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: Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteClayDiasporeFluoriteGadoliniteNonePectolitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteVesuvianite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stevensite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112136311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112136327770
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1121363498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211213639895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211213639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112136324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11213637437
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1121363363
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112136339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112136361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112136321482
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2112136357
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011213631395



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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