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Locality Name:
Grit Mines (East Grit; White Grit; Old Grit; Foxholes), Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 31340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Grit Mines (East Grit; White Grit; Old Grit; Foxholes), Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East Grit Mine
Old Grit Mine

Latitude: 52°34'30"N
Longitude: 2°59'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.575,-2.9944444444444
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 Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61121509919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2121509,12151011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2121509,12151027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2121509,1215104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112150927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2121509,12151024243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62121509,1215101066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611215092228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22121509,12151012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112150939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11215091725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22121509,12151061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2121509,12151021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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