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:
Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar And Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar And Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°33'14"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.553888888889,-0.82305555555556

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.

Aphthitalite	Boracite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Gypsum	Hilgardite	Kieserite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Talc

Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Boracite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Congolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hilgardite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sulfoborite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*	Trembathite ()*
Volkovskite ()*

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: B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aphthitalite Boracite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Gypsum Hilgardite Kieserite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Talc

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	77
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	57
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	132
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Congolite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	6
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	13
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	80
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sulfoborite ()*	None	Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂	10
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Trembathite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	5
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O	9

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070426	Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar And Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK	https://rruff.info/R070426
R070427	Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar And Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK	https://rruff.info/R070427

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