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Locality Name:
Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 392
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 28968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°41'36"N
Longitude: 3°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.693333333333,-3.0166666666667
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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetNickelineNonePectolitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTitaniteTopazZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)
Chromite  (*)Corundum  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)239238003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)39238008803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)339238002353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)339238001534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39238009052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O639238002060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi39238001966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)392380027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2392380027198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)23923800376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O439238003902
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O339238001797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O63923800944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39238008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS392380024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)339238001544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O63923800741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3392380014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O339238005433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4392380014899
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)39238002349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3923800363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)239238001898
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839238009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2392380061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)39238004894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS392380021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S339238003418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39238004899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F239238001476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)239238002562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39238005251


2 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 
Jen_0001452392380386 ± 6 age of associated magmatismscheelite   Scheelite  28968Carrock Fell, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock FellPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 

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