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Locality Name:
Forest And Frith, Co. Durham, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 48828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forest And Frith, Co. Durham, England, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cowgreen Mine
Dubbysike Mine
East Cowgreen Mine
Force Garth Quarry
Greenhurth Mine
Harwood
High Force Quarry
Langdon Beck Mine

Latitude: 54°40'54"N
Longitude: 2°15'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.681666666667,-2.2613888888889

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeFluoriteGarnet
MilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStilbiteTalcUllmanniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWurtzite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Talc  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O11170491627
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22117037,1170463092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1117046445
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61117041919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6117037,117038,117039,117041,117046,11704811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5117040,117041,117046,117047,11705027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11170454979
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611170374135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25117037,117043,117045,117047,1170509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10117037,117038,117039,117041,117043,117045,117046,117047,117048,11705024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3117045,117047,1170507437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2117043,117048717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)311170371544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32117047,11705014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11170431689
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42117044,11704614899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11170371066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1117046633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1117046767
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2117040,117049363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)211170401898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111704139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11170451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25117041,117043,117045,117048,11705061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3117045,117046,1170506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11170482473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4117039,117041,117046,11704821482
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1117049268
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211170463337
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS1117046293
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011170371395
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2117038,117041251



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