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Locality Name:
Old Gang Mines (AD Mines), Reeth, Fremington And Healaugh, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 53018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Gang Mines (AD Mines), Reeth, Fremington And Healaugh, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ash Pot Gutter
Brandy Bottle Incline (Brandybottle Mine)
Fincher Gill/Hard Level Gill
Forefield Rake
Friarfold Rake
Hard Level (Foss Level)
North Rake

Latitude: 54°24'32"N
Longitude: 2°3'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.408888888889,-2.0583333333333

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteRocksaltSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62121253,121254919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)7121252,121253,121254,121255,121256,121257,12125811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5121252,121254,121255,121256,12125827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4121253,121255,121256,1212584979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112125427198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26121252,121254,121255,121256,121257,1212589617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS6121252,121254,121255,121256,121257,12125824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2121256,1212587437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11212581689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112125412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23121254,121256,12125839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11212581725
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2121254,1212586417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11212582473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS5121252,121254,121256,121257,12125821482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)5121254,121255,121256,121257,121258589
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)3121255,121256,121258251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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