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

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

mindat Locality ID: 1447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1447.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°41'48"N
Longitude: 3°5'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.696666666667,-3.0877777777778

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 Hg K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
ConnelliteCopperCovelliteDiasporeKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSulphur

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bechererite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452350919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Bechererite  (*)NoneZn7Cu(OH)13[SiO(OH)3(SO4)]245235016
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452350413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452350450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62452350359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523503531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24523502600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O2452350295
Copper  (*)CopperCu24523503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523502970
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4245235049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523507437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24523501689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452350201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523501066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624523502228
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)245235097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452350593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452350265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452350987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523501107
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452350309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O245235068
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O245235045
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2452350142
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24523502045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2245235099
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O245235095
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523501655



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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