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Locality Name:
Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 30695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry)

Latitude: 51°11'43"N
Longitude: 2°26'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.195277777778,-2.4363888888889
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 As B Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteApatiteAragoniteAsisiteBaryteBruciteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeDundasiteFornaciteGadoliniteLepidocrociteMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepiolite
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinel

61 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloroxiphite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Cotunnite  (*)Crednerite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diaboleite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Ferroceladonite  (*)Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Kentrolite  (*)
Laurionite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Melanotekite  (*)
Mendipite  (*)Mereheadite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nasonite  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)
Parkinsonite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbonacrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rickturnerite  (*)Rumseyite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Somersetite  (*)Symesite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Yeomanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2602001121571470
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O260200112157146
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)226020011215713092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)26020011215713250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226020011215715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260200112157111547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)22602001121571462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260200112157127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26020011215714979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)2260200112157127
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260200112157127198
Chloroxiphite  (*)NonePb3CuO2Cl2(OH)226020011215718
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26020011215713531
Copper  (*)CopperCu26020011215713846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162602001121571227
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2260200112157154
Crednerite  (*)NoneCuMnO2260200112157135
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162602001121571599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O26020011215712970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2602001121571498
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4260200112157157
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162602001121571300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226020011215719895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2602001121571220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O260200112157197
Ferroceladonite  (*)MicaKFe2+Fe3+Si4O10(OH)2260200112157110
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)260200112157185
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260200112157124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26020011215717437
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O42602001121571350
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl260200112157148
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260200112157114640
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22602001121571201
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2602001121571341
Kentrolite  (*)NonePb2Mn3+2O2(Si2O7)260200112157122
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)260200112157149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2602001121571581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260200112157112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2602001121571770
Melanotekite  (*)NonePb2Fe3+2O2(Si2O7)260200112157122
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl2260200112157117
Mereheadite  (*)NonePb47O24(OH)13Cl25(BO3)2(CO3)26020011215714
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl26020011215711107
Nasonite  (*)NoneCa4Pb6(Si2O7)3Cl226020011215716
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)260200112157146
Parkinsonite  (*)AsisitePb7MoO9Cl226020011215713
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO22602001121571158
Plumbonacrite  (*)NonePb5(CO3)3O(OH)2260200112157113
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260200112157139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO226020011215713106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260200112157161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)26020011215711711
Rickturnerite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb7O4[Mg(OH)4](OH)Cl326020011215712
Rumseyite  (*)None[Pb2OF]Cl26020011215711
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O2602001121571301
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O2602001121571241
Somersetite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb8O(OH)4(CO3)526020011215711
Symesite  (*)NonePb10(SO4)O7Cl4·H2O26020011215711
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2602001121571605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO426020011215711655
Yeomanite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2O(OH)Cl26020011215712


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Mo-00011260200 Pb-Pb     Parkinsonite, WulfeniteMo1618Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK Moorbath (1962)10.1098/rsta.1962.0001PTRSL254_295 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060267Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060267
R130567Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R130567
R130568Torr Works Quarry (Merehead Quarry), Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R130568

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