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Locality Name:
Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 54469
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54469.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Barras End Mine
Hungry Hushes
Justice Level
Kay Hushes
Old Moulds Mine
Stang Mine
Surrender Ground
Turf Moor Hush
Underedge Level
Windegg Edge
Windegg Lead Level And Alcock Hushes

Latitude: 54°25'23"N
Longitude: 2°'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.423055555556,-2.0072222222222

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 Hg 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

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)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
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11211433250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62121147,121149919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11121143,121144,121145,121146,121147,121148,121149,121150,121151,121152,12115311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7121143,121146,121147,121148,121149,121152,12115327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4121144,121146,121149,1211524979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112114927198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11211472600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25121145,121146,121147,121150,1211519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7121143,121146,121147,121148,121149,121152,12115324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11211527437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2121145,1211471689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22121147,12114912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112114939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11211441725
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3121145,121147,1211492473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112114721482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2121143,121150589
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)4121146,121148,121152,121153251



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