Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 49400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middleton-in-Teesdale, Co. Durham, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bowlees Quarry
Coldberry Mines
High Skears Mine
Hudeshope Head Mine
Lodgesike Mine
Low Skears Mine
Marlbeck Mine
Racketgill Vein
Snaisgill Mine

Latitude: 54°39'5"N
Longitude: 2°5'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.651388888889,-2.0916666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Millerite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 F Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Millerite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Millerite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	117075	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	117077	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	117079	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	117070,117072,117078	27770
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	117071,117072,117073,117074,117075,117076,117077,117078,117079	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	117071,117072,117073,117075,117076,117078,117079	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	117077	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117072	5591
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	117072	1066
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	117075	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	117071,117072,117073,117074,117075,117076,117077,117078	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	117072,117076,117079	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	117071,117072,117075	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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