Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Alunite at Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 391Ma - 366Ma at this locality

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Mo-00010	391	366		Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Wulfenite	Mo	1418	Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK	Shepherd et al. (1976); Ball et al. (1985)

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
JGS171_49_001	245	235		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Crowley et al. (2014)	JGS171_49
Kristen000275	249	249				4767	Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000276	229	229				4767	Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000277	241	241				1445	Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000278	263	263				1445	Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000279	272	272				1445	Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000280	243	243				1445	Old Sandbed Mine (Old Sandbeds Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000281	178	178				1444	Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000282	189	189				1444	Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000283	236	236				1428	Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000284	239	239				1428	Driggith Mine (Driggeth Mine), Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000285	197	197				1425	Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000286	231	231				1425	Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000287	282	282				1425	Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521
Kristen000288	231	231				1425	Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	GM111_521