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Locality Name:
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1412
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1412.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°47'47"N
Longitude: 2°20'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.796388888889,-2.3480555555556
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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlstoniteAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevilline
DiasporeEpsomiteFluoriteGypsumHarmotomeMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurUllmanniteVivianite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Alstonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Barytocalcite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)2245235024
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523502734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523503092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24523503250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2245235083
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O245235016
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324523501089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4245235079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2452350484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452350814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523506890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O2452350290
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2452350341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523501066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624523502228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224523505674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2452350915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS24523501066
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2452350492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452350292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2452350589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24523502045
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2452350293
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 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050197Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R050197
R060431Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060431

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