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Locality Name:
Paddy End Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 4748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paddy End Mine, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°22'46"N
Longitude: 3°6'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.379444444444,-3.1022222222222
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: As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperGypsumMalachiteNickeline
NonePerovskitePyriteSkutteruditeStibniteTetrahedriteVivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452350445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi24523501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S324523501935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424523505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2452350966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS2452350131
Gold  (*)CopperAu245235030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523506890
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452350593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2452350633
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452350309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824523509056
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32452350531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324523505317


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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