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Locality Name:
Milton Abbot, West Devon, Devon, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 34979
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34979.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Milton Abbot, West Devon, Devon, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chillaton And Hogstor Mine
Quither Mine
Week Mine

Latitude: 50°36'33"N
Longitude: 4°12'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.609166666667,-4.2030555555556

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Bementite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81120548173
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112054827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112055027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112055024243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112055039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22120548,1205503106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112055061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)2120548,1205491711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1120550969
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1120548240



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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