Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Deer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 1427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deer Hills Baryte Mine, Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°43'10"N
Longitude: 3°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.719444444444,-3.0663888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Carminite	Covellite	Mixite	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beudantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schultenite ()*	Scorodite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K La O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K La O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Carminite Covellite Mixite None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	245	235	254
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	245	235	33
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	245	235	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	413
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	245	235	178
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	235	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	245	235	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	24243
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	245	235	1107
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	245	235	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	61156
Schultenite ()*	None	Pb(AsO₃OH)	245	235	30
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	245	235	1153

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JGS171_49_001	245	235	245-235	paleomag	age of hematite deposit					Yes		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Cumbria	Crowley et al. (2014)		JGS171_49

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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