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Locality Name:
Ingray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ingray Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°43'13"N
Longitude: 3°4'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.720277777778,-3.0758333333333

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDescloiziteDiasporeLinarite
MalachiteNonePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452350450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523503531
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523507437
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452350987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523501107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2452350362
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156



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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