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Locality Name:
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°46'52"N
Longitude: 2°19'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.781111111111,-2.3294444444444

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Devilline	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum
Ktenasite	Malachite	Melanterite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Ullmannite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beaverite-(Cu) ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bottinoite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goslarite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Ktenasite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*
Namuwite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Devilline Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum
Ktenasite Malachite Melanterite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur Ullmannite Vivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	245	235	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	245	235	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	245	235	132
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	245	235	450
Bottinoite ()*	None	NiSb⁵⁺₂(OH)₁₂·6H₂O	245	235	16
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	245	235	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	235	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	245	235	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	24243
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	245	235	188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	235	6890
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	245	235	341
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	245	235	2228
Ktenasite ()*	Ktenasite Devilline	ZnCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·6H₂O	245	235	75
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	245	235	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	245	235	1066
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	245	235	58
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	61156
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	245	235	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	245	235	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	245	235	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	245	235	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	235	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	245	235	2045
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	245	235	293

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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