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Locality Name:
Red Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1443
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1443.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°42'8"N
Longitude: 3°5'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.702222222222,-3.0938888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Chenite	Copper
Covellite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Digenite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Elyite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*
Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Macphersonite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mattheddleite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Queitite ()*
Redgillite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Scotlandite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Chenite Copper
Covellite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Digenite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	245	235	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	245	235	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	245	235	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	245	235	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	245	235	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	235	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	245	235	40
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	245	235	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	235	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	245	235	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	245	235	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	245	235	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	9895
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	245	235	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	245	235	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	245	235	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	245	235	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	245	235	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	245	235	987
Macphersonite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	11
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	12537
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	245	235	32
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	245	235	362
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	245	235	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	61156
Queitite ()*	None	Zn₂Pb₄(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(SO₄)	245	235	7
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	245	235	45
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	245	235	312
Scotlandite ()*	None	Pb(S⁴⁺O₃)	245	235	25
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	245	235	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	245	235	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	235	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	245	235	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	99
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	245	235	605
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	245	235	95

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JGS171_49_001	245	235	245-235	paleomag	age of hematite deposit					Yes		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Cumbria	Crowley et al. (2014)		JGS171_49

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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