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Locality Name:
Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 397
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 1478
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1478.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shap Blue Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°29'19"N
Longitude: 2°40'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.488611111111,-2.6744444444444
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 Co Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)239723503419
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O639723502060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)397235011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S339723501935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)397235027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2397235027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O39723503531
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1839723501008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS39723504165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39723508173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3972350814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239723509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS397235024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235014640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O39723501271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4397235014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2397235012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239723505674
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43972350112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3972350363
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2397235039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2397235061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS397235021482


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 
Mo-00065397391 Rb-Sr    YesKoechlinite, Molybdenite, WulfeniteMo4683Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Wadge et al. (1978)10.1144/pygs.42.2.297PYGPS42_297 

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