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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 178

mindat Locality ID: 1444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1444.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°41'58"N
Longitude: 3°4'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.699444444444,-3.0830555555556
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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledonite
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeGypsumKtenasite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Wooldridgeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S18917802793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)18917802734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)18917803250
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)189178037
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61891780919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)218917805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)189178011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71891780450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)618917801633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)189178027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61891780359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)18917804979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)2189178027
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S18917805707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2189178027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O18917803531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS18917802600
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O161891780227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS18917804165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O18917802970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)218917809895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1891780814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS189178024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)18917807437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O18917806890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O18917801689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21891780201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)618917801066
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)189178097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1891780593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21891780265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1891780581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21891780987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2189178012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl18917801107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1891780362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2189178017380
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61891780170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2189178039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl18917801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2189178061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O189178068
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21891780454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1891780142
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)189178025
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1891780292
Silver  (*)CopperAg18917805186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)18917802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS189178021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS18917802045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318917805317
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)189178032
Wooldridgeite  (*)NoneNa2CaCu2+2(P2O7)2·10H2O18917803
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO418917801655


3 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 
Kristen000281178178 K-Ar illiteR1    1444Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKRoughtongill MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000282189189 K-Ar illiteR2    1444Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKRoughtongill MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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