Locality type:

Civil Parish

Classification

Species:

Sulfoborite

Formula:

Mg₃[B(OH)₄]₂(SO₄)(OH,F)₂

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

937036

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:937036:4

GUID (UUID V4):

f06169bb-7936-4446-89b0-120ef169186f

Nearest other occurrences of Sulfoborite

4.7km (2.9 miles)

ⓘ York Potash borehole SM1, Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

4.7km (2.9 miles)

ⓘ York Potash borehole SM2, Eskdaleside cum Ugglebarnby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

15.9km (9.9 miles)

ⓘ Boulby Mine, Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England, UK

38.5km (23.9 miles)

ⓘ Fordon, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

References

Smith, F.W., Dearlove, J.P.L., Kemp, S.J., Bell, C.P., Milne, C.J. and Pottas, T.L. (2014) Potash – Recent exploration developments in North Yorkshire. Pp. 45-50 in Hunger, E., Brown, T. J. and Lucas, G. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 17th Extractive Industry Geology Conference, EIG Conferences Ltd. 202pp

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	Kemp, S. J., Smith, F. W., Wagner, D., Mounteney, I., Bell, C. P., Milne, C. J., Gowing, C. J. B., Pottas, T. L. (2016) An Improved Approach to Characterize Potash-Bearing Evaporite Deposits, Evidenced in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Economic Geology, 111 (3) 719-742 doi:10.2113/econgeo.111.3.719	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Potash-Bearing Evaporite Deposits, Evidenced in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom S. J. Kemp,1,† F. W. Smith...Potash Ltd., 7-10 Manor Court, Manor Garth, Scarborough YO11 3TU, United Kingdom Abstract Traditionally...study of the Permian evaporite succession of North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, but the characterization of...as the principal K-bearing host minerals in North Yorkshire. However, other K hosts, including kalistrontite...kalistrontite (K2Sr(SO4)2) a first recorded occurrence in the UK, and a range of boron-bearing minerals have also
	Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Ect. John Wiley and Sons, New York.	Book (volume)
	Near Cardona in Barcelona, Spain. At North wich, Cheshire, England. Skeletal crystals containing large...numerous localities in France, Spain, Italy, and England. Found in large amounts at many places in Chile... Loire, France; at Newcastle, Northumberland, England, and at a number of similar occurrences. Here salammoniac...are in England. In Cumberland at Alston Moor and Cleator Moor; at Weardale in Durham; in Yorkshire; in the...County; in Arizona in the Castle Dome district north of Yuma, and in the Serrita Mountains southwest
	*Bayliss, Peter (2000) Glossary of Obsolete Mineral Names* (1st ed.) The Mineralogical Record, Inc., Tucson, AZ.**	Book (edition)
	vanlhoffilc, Chudoba 75 (1971). Magnesium-sulfoborit = sulfoborite, Clark 421 (1993). Magnesium-sussexit = Мп-rich... Whewelita = whcwcllitc, Zirlin l l-1 ( 1981). Whitby jet = lignite (low-gradC' 00.11). O:m.1 6th. 102-1

Sulfoborite from Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Sulfoborite from
Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK