Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 5256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grangers Shaft

Latitude: 53°17'53"N
Longitude: 2°10'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.298055555556,-2.1797222222222

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	Descloizite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Descloizite Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Asbolane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	220	220	0		143
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	220	220	0		5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	220	220	0		11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	220	220	0		4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	220	220	0		24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	0		12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	220	220	0		1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	220	220	1	116986	362
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	220	220	0		1725
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	220	220	0		605

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00411	220	220	Triassic										Cu	5256	Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, England, UK	Mottram -St.Andews	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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