Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bigrigg
Dalzell's Moor Row Mine
Gillfoot Park & Helder Mines
Ullcoats Mine

Latitude: 54°29'42"N
Longitude: 3°31'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.495,-3.5297222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Mica
Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Braunite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Mica
Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	1	119473	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	6	119473,119477,119479,119480,119483,119486	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	245	235	1	119483	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	8	119473,119474,119478,119479,119482,119483,119485,119486	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	2	119473,119481	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	235	1	119477	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	6	119473,119475,119476,119477,119483,119486	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	1	119483	24243
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	245	235	2	119473,119483	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	6	119473,119474,119479,119482,119485,119486	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	235	1	119477	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	245	235	2	119473,119483	770
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	245	235	1	119483	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	235	1	119477	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	2	119482,119483	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	245	235	2	119473,119483	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	3	119473,119483,119486	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	245	235	1	119483	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	245	235	1	119477	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	245	235	2	119483,119484	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	245	235	1	119483	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	235	1	119483	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	245	235	1	119477	5251

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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