Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shelve, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 31911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shelve, Hope-Shelve District, Shropshire, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ladywell Mine
Shelve Mine

Latitude: 52°35'9"N
Longitude: 2°59'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.585833333333,-2.985

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Diaspore	Linarite
Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Devilline ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Devilline Diaspore Linarite
Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	121519	2734
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	121519	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121519	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	121519	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121519	27198
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	121519	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	121519	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121519	7437
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	121519	2228
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	121519	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	121519	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121519	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121519	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	121519	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121519	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	121519	21482
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	121519	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	121520	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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