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Locality Name:
Robin Hood Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 1475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Robin Hood Mine, Bassenthwaite, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°41'9"N
Longitude: 3°11'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.685833333333,-3.1975
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteNonePyritePyrochloreSphaleriteStibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gold  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O43652350352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2365235027198
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43652350651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236523509895
Gold  (*)CopperAu365235030554
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365235039462
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS365235021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)3652350446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S336523503418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33652350369


6 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 
Kristen000250311311 K-Ar illiteT1 Yes  4920Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKThornthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000251362362 K-Ar illiteT2 Yes  4920Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKThornthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000252339339 K-Ar illiteT3 Yes  4920Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKThornthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000253314314 K-Ar illiteT4 Yes  4920Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKThornthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000254365365 K-Ar illiteT5 Yes  4920Thornthwaite Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKThornthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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