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:
Friarfold Mine, Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 67669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Friarfold Mine, Gunnerside Gill (Gunnerside Ghyll), Melbecks, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bunton Level (Bunting Level)
Friarfold Hush

Latitude: 54°24'27"N
Longitude: 2°5'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.4075,-2.0891666666667

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	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 F Fe H O Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	121204,121205	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121204	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121205	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	121204,121205	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	121204,121205	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121204	12537
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121204	454
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	121204,121205	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	121204	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	2	121204,121205	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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