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

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

mindat Locality ID: 4683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4683.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°28'8"N
Longitude: 2°40'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.468888888889,-2.6819444444444
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBismutiteBrookite
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMeneghinite
MilariteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTitaniteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beyerite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gladite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Koechlinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)239739103419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)39739108803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3973910706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO239739102162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39739109052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)397391011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F3973910304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)3973910255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23973910606
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2397391096
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi39739101966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S339739101935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23973910700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)397391027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39739104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2397391027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S53973910344
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39739108173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239739109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS397391024243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9397391067
Graphite  (*)NoneC39739102812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39739106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3397391014640
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6397391039
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4397391014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2397391012537
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O3973910156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS239739105800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)39739102349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2397391039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl39739101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2397391061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239739105614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)39739104894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS397391021482
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F3973910232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39739104899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO439739101655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39739105251


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     Koechlinite, 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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