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Locality Name:
Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 282
Youngest recorded age at locality: 197

mindat Locality ID: 1425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Emerson Vein
Harding Vein
Smith Vein

Latitude: 54°41'13"N
Longitude: 3°3'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.686944444444,-3.0527777777778
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBismutiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickeline
NonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTungstiteWurtzite

67 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Allophane  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ingodite  (*)
Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Petitjeanite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Powellite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rooseveltite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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)228219703419
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2821970470
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)228219703092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)28219703250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2452352119663,1196649052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)282197011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22452351119662172
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O32821970214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi24523511196621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S328219701935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2821970716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS428219705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452352119663,11966427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228219705171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S28219705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2282197027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O28219703531
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O62821970289
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1828219701008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O328219701797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52821970344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS28219704165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32821970802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523511196639895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)28219708173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2821970345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F28219702740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523511196649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452352119662,11966324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511196637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2452352119662,11966330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O28219706890
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te32821970104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3282197014640
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS282197030
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2282197050
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S282197086
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6282197080
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2282197012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS228219705674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24523511196644924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl28219701107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22452352119662,1196635800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2282197017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28219702349
Petitjeanite  (*)NoneBi3O(PO4)2(OH)282197015
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452351119662428
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2821970494
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)282197053
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452352119663,11966439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523511196621725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82452352119663,1196649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452353119662,119663,11966461156
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)282197038
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO228219705614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24523511196644894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O28219701153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235111966321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S328219703418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2821970156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452351119663263
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)228219703337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1328219705317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)224523511196632562
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O2821970118
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO228219702718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523511196621655


5 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 
Kristen000285197197 K-Ar illiteCF1    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000286231231 K-Ar illiteCF2    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000287282282 K-Ar illiteCF3    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000288231231 K-Ar illiteCF4    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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