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Locality Name:
Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 249
Youngest recorded age at locality: 229

mindat Locality ID: 29387
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29387.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
East Potts Gill Mine
Old Potts Gill Mine
Potts Gill Copper Mine

Latitude: 54°43'16"N
Longitude: 3°3'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.721111111111,-3.0577777777778
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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As H O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeKtenasiteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ianbruceite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2492290254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511193472734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523511193473092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42452351119347246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24922911193483250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O2492291119348194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2492293119345,119347,1193489052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62492291119348919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22492292119347,1193485509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O2492291119348150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2492293119345,119347,11934811547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22492292119346,119348172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62492291119348413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62492292119347,1193481633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)249229111934827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24922911193484979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22492292119347,11934827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2492292119347,1193483531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24922911193482600
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42492292119347,119348175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24922911193484165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24922911193482970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2452351119347378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22492292119347,1193489895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2452351119347220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2492292119347,11934824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24922911193487437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3249229111934814640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2492292119347,1193481689
Ianbruceite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn2(AsO4)(OH)(H2O)·2H2O24922906
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624922911193482228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2492291119348593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22492291119348987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22492292119347,11934812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224523511193475674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2492292119347,1193481107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22492292119347,11934817380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O2452352119345,119347306
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O2492292119347,11934831
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452351119347309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42492292119347,119348369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2249229111934839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224523511193473106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2249229111934861156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2492291119348142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24922911193481153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2492292119347,11934821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24922911193482045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523511193471803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO24523511193471101
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2452351119347251


3 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
JGS171_49_001245235245-235paleomagage of hematite deposit   YesHematite 25832Cumbria, England, UKCumbriaCrowley et al. (2014) JGS171_49 
Kristen000275249249 K-Ar illitePG1    4767Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKPotts Ghyll MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000276229229 K-Ar illitePG2    4767Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKPotts Ghyll MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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