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Locality Name:
Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 1474
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1474.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°32'51"N
Longitude: 2°58'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.5475,-2.9830555555556
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMarcasite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)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)37232402734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)237232403092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3723240363
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)372324011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS337232401089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)372324027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)37232404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2372324027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu37232403846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)237232409895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS372324024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3723240717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3372324014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O37232401689
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS237232405674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2372324017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2372324039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO237232403106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2372324061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS372324021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337232405317
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)3723240251


4 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 
Kristen000265325325 K-Ar illiteGR1    1474Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKGreenside MinesIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000266372372 K-Ar illiteGR2    1474Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKGreenside MinesIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000267324324 K-Ar illiteGR3    1474Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKGreenside MinesIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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