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

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

mindat Locality ID: 1441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Old Potts Gill Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°43'6"N
Longitude: 3°3'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.718333333333,-3.0569444444444
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 K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayDescloizite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePhilipsburgiteRocksaltRutileSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Philipsburgite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523502734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523503092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42452350246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224523505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523503531
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42452350175
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2452350378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2452350220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24523501689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224523505674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523501107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245235017380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O2452350306
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O245235031
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452350309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42452350369
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224523503106
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523501803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO24523501101
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2452350251


1 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 

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