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

mindat Locality ID: 268461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loftus, Redcar And Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Boulby Cliff
Boulby Mine
Upleatham Mines

Latitude: 54°33'29"N
Longitude: 0°-49'-28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.558055555556,-0.82444444444444

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.

Aluminite	Aphthitalite	Baryte	Boracite	Brookite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Gypsum	Hilgardite	Kieserite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Talc	Wurtzite

Aluminite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Aphthitalite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boracite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Congolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hilgardite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sulfoborite ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*	Trembathite ()*	Volkovskite ()*	Zincite ()*

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: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aluminite Aphthitalite Baryte Boracite Brookite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum
Diaspore Gypsum Hilgardite Kieserite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Talc Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aluminite ()*	Aluminite	Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₄·7H₂O	1	121124	78
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	121127	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	121125	1588
Aphthitalite ()*	Aphthitalite	K₃Na(SO₄)₂	1	121125	77
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	121124	11547
Boracite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	121125	57
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	121127	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	121124	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	1	121125	132
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	121125	27198
Congolite ()*	Boracite	Fe²⁺₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	121125	6
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	121124,121125	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	121124	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	121124,121125	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	121125	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	121124,121125	14640
Hilgardite ()*	Hilgardite	Ca₂B₅O₉Cl·H₂O	1	121125	13
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	121124	1066
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	121125	80
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	121125	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	121124	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	121124	915
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	1	121125	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	121124,121125,121127	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	121125	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	121127	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	121124	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	1	121124	73
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	121124	2473
Sulfoborite ()*	None	Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂	1	121125	10
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	121125	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	121125	3337
Trembathite ()*	Boracite	Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl	1	121125	5
Volkovskite ()*	None	KCa₄B₂₂O₃₂(OH)₁₀Cl·4H₂O	1	121125	9
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	1	121124	98

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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