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Locality Name:
Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brandy Gill Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°41'39"N
Longitude: 3°3'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.694166666667,-3.0516666666667
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti V W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyrite
ChenevixiteClayCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeFeldsparKaoliniteLinariteMalachite
MicaMixiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteStibniteTitanite

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(La)  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Susannite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O245235033
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24523508803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523502734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523503092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24523503250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22452350172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452350413
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S324523501935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452350178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24523505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2245235090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523503531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2452350363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2452350220
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523507437
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl245235048
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235014640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O2452350144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324523505433
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452350265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452350987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523501107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224523505800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2452350362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245235017380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452350428
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452350477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224523503106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24523504894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523501153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523506417
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2452350156
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2245235099
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O24523504899
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2452350605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523501655


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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