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Locality Name:
Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 176

mindat Locality ID: 4422
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4422.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°36'46"N
Longitude: 3°21'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.612777777778,-3.3580555555556
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: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDigeniteDomeykiteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachite
MicaModderiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPascoitePyriteQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineVivianiteVolborthiteZircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Algodonite  (*)Anatase  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Huemulite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langisite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Metatyuyamunite  (*)Modderite  (*)Molybdomenite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Paramelaconite  (*)Paramontroseite  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rauvite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Tenorite  (*)Trona  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vésigniéite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)225217603419
Algodonite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu1-xAsx (x ≈ 0.15)252176041
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO225217602162
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2521760445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)25217603250
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)32521760544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)225217605509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)252176011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS425217605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)252176027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O25217601184
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25217605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2252176027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2521760281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2521760566
Copper  (*)CopperCu25217603846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25217604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O25217602970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S25217601027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162521760300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)225217609895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As252176073
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2521760814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS252176024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)25217607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu252176030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O25217606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3252176014640
Huemulite  (*)PascoiteNa4MgV5+10O28·24H2O252176016
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O325217605433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)425217605591
Langisite  (*)NickelineCoAs25217604
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O2521760149
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2252176012537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As82521760161
Metatyuyamunite  (*)FritzscheiteCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O2521760129
Modderite  (*)ModderiteCoAs25217605
Molybdomenite  (*)NonePbSe4+O3252176015
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)2521760136
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2252176017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2521760633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O2521760471
Paramelaconite  (*)NoneCu1+2Cu2+2O3252176013
Paramontroseite  (*)RamsdelliteVO2252176039
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2252176052
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O252176078
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2521760309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2252176039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO225217603106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S825217609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252176061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22521760233
Rauvite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2V10O28·16H2O252176032
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22521760253
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2521760598
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)25217602705
Silver  (*)CopperAg25217605186
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO25217601101
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O2521760129
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O2521760628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO225217602718
Vésigniéite  (*)NoneCu3Ba(VO4)2(OH)2252176046
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O2521760155


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
Emily000536252176 U-Pbmineralization      4422Littleham Bay, Budleigh Salterton, East Devon, Devon, England, UKLittleham Mudstone FormationMilodowski A E et al. (2002) SKAB1_1 

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