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Locality Name:
Settle - Malham Area, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 53910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Settle - Malham Area, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Benscar Veins
Great Scar Veins
Malham Calamine Deposit
Pikedaw - Grizedales Veins
Scaleber Bridge
Settle Scar - Back Scar Veins

Latitude: 54°4'11"N
Longitude: 2°12'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.069722222222,-2.2144444444444

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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteStannite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211210985509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4121094,121095,121097,12109911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2121094,12109827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112109827198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11210982970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211210979895
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS41121098163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4121095,121097,121098,12109924243
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS41121098198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24121095,121097,121098,12109912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211210985674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112109839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24121094,121095,121097,12109861156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3121094,121095,1210962473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2121095,12109821482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28112109873



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