Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lunedale, Co. Durham, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 49111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lunedale, Co. Durham, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Closehouse Mine
Fosters Hush
Lunehead Mine

Latitude: 54°35'7"N
Longitude: 2°13'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.585277777778,-2.2297222222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt
Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Covellite Cyanotrichite Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt
Sulphur

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	117066	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	117066	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	117066,117067	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	117066,117067,117068	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	117067	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	117066	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	1	117068	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	117066	4979
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	117066	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	117066	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	117066,117068	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	117067	1689
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	117066	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	117066,117068	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	117066	1725
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	117066	454
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	117066	2045
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	117067	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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