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Locality Name:
Bollihope Smelt Mill (Bishopley) Slag Locality, Bollihope District, Co. Durham, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 294828
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294828.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bollihope Smelt Mill (Bishopley) Slag Locality, Bollihope District, Co. Durham, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°42'44"N
Longitude: 1°58'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.712222222222,-1.9761111111111
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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F H O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteCopperGypsumMalachiteMatlockiteNone
RocksaltSulphur

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Blixite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lead  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Litharge  (*)
Malachite  (*)Matlockite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Blixite  (*)NonePb8O5(OH)2Cl407
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O068
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)20201
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)049
Lead  (*)CopperPb0192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Litharge  (*)NonePbO0139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF029
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl032
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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