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Locality Name:
Wad Mine (Plumbago Mine; Graphite Mine; Black Lead Mine), Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1417.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wad Mine (Plumbago Mine; Graphite Mine; Black Lead Mine), Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°30'3"N
Longitude: 3°11'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.500833333333,-3.1858333333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24523508803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O624523502060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224523505509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24523501025
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC24523502812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245235014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245235017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482


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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