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Brockholes Mine, Carperby-cum-Thoresby, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England, UKi
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Brockholes MineMine
Carperby-cum-ThoresbyCivil Parish
RichmondshireDistrict
North YorkshireCounty
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
54° North , -2° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~8km
UK National Grid Reference:
SD987917
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
290308
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:290308:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Extensive area of Bell pits, shallow workings and spoil tips (some of which are flattened and overgrown)extending Westwards of the track leading past Greenhaw hut. A number of tips at the South Western end of the workings interestingly are comprised almost entirely of discarded Witherite

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7 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Witherite5.AB.15BaCO3
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Aurichalcite5.BA.15(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
CCarbon
C Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
C CalciteCaCO3
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
C WitheriteBaCO3
OOxygen
O Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O WitheriteBaCO3
SSulfur
S BaryteBaSO4
S GalenaPbS
CaCalcium
Ca CalciteCaCO3
CuCopper
Cu Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
ZnZinc
Zn Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
Ba WitheriteBaCO3
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS

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