Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 24027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cannington, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cannington Park Quarry
Castle Hill Quarry

Latitude: 51°9'31"N
Longitude: 3°4'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.158611111111,-3.0747222222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Digenite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	121601	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	121601	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	121601,121602	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	121601,121602	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	121601	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	121601,121602	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	121601	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	121601	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	121601	300
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	121602	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121601	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	121601,121602	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	121601	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	121601	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	121601	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	121602	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	121601,121602	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	121601	5614
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	121601	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	121601	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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