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Locality Name:
Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Deer Hills, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Deer Hills Baryte Mine
Short Grain
Trial On Deer Hills

Latitude: 54°43'1"N
Longitude: 3°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.716944444444,-3.0663888888889
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K La Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu H O P Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyrite
CheniteCopperCovelliteLinariteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyrite
QuartzRocksalt

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Linarite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Silver  (*)
Susannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)2452352119333,119335254
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O245235111933333
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511193342734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523511193339052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452351119333919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452352119333,11933411547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452351119333413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235111933327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62452351119334359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452351119333178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523511193344979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)2245235111933427
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235111933427198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)6245235111933440
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523511193334165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523511193332970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452352119333,11933424243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452351119334987
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl245235111933432
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523511193331107
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452351119333428
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O245235031
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42452351119334369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235111933339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523511193341725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452352119333,11933461156
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)245235111933330
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523511193331153
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)245235111933425
Silver  (*)CopperAg24523511193345186
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2245235111933499


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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