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Locality Name:
Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-830.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Engine Vein Mine
Engine Vein Mine (opencast)
New Venture Level
Stormy Point
West Mine
Wood Mine

Latitude: 53°17'40"N
Longitude: 2°12'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.294444444444,-2.2144444444444
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O Pb S V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
CopperCovelliteDescloiziteEnargiteGypsumLinariteLiroconiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
MiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePlancheitePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphur
TetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteWurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)Liroconite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Minium  (*)Mottramite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2202202116975,1169812734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42202201116975246
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O2202206116975,116976,116977,116978,116980,116981143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62202201116981919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22202207116975,116976,116977,116978,116979,116980,1169815509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2202207116975,116976,116977,116978,116979,116980,11698111547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62202201116981132
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42202202116975,1169785516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62202203116975,116979,1169811633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)220220111697527770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62202201116975359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2202206116975,116976,116977,116978,116980,1169814979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2202202116975,1169815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22202204116975,116978,116980,11698127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2202204116975,116978,116980,1169813531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS22022011169754165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O22022011169752970
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42202201116975910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2202203116975,116978,116981814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2202206116975,116976,116977,116978,116980,11698124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O22022011169756890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2202202116975,1169811689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)622022011169752228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2202201116975593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22202201116975265
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)2202201116975234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22202202116975,116981987
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O220220111697518
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22202207116975,116976,116977,116978,116979,116980,11698112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS222022011169755674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2202201116975915
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42202201116975247
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2202200362
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2202202116975,116981492
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6220220064
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2202201116975428
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O220220111697574
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2202201116975309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22202203116975,116978,11698139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2202204116975,116978,116979,1169811725
Silver  (*)CopperAg22022011169755186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)22022011169752473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2202202116975,11697821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS22022011169752045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1322022011169755317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O2202201116981245
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2202201116975251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42202203116975,116980,1169811655


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00410220220Triassic       Cu830Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England, UKAlderly EdgeCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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