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:
Richmond Mineral Belt, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 53226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Richmond Mineral Belt, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Forcett Quarry
Gingerfield Vein
Merrybent Mine
Middleton Tyas Deposit
Sorrowful Hill Vein
Whashton

Latitude: 54°27'42"N
Longitude: 1°43'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.461666666667,-1.7180555555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Rocksalt

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Rocksalt

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	121262,121264,121265,121266	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	121262,121265,121266	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	121264,121265,121266	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	121262,121264,121266	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	121263,121264,121265,121266	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	121262,121263,121264,121266	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	121263,121264,121265,121266	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121265	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	121264	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	121265	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	121264	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	121262,121264,121265,121266	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	121263,121265,121266	39462
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	2	121262,121266	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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