Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 330
Youngest recorded age at locality: 210

mindat Locality ID: 1600
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1600.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°0'32"N
Longitude: 2°14'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.008888888889,-2.2452777777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Harmotome	Löllingite	Marcasite	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Ullmannite

Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Harmotome ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Ullmannite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Harmotome Löllingite Marcasite Millerite Nickeline None
Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Ullmannite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	330	210	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	330	210	83
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	330	210	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	330	210	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	330	210	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	330	210	290
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	330	210	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	330	210	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	330	210	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	330	210	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	330	210	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	330	210	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	330	210	233
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	330	210	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	330	210	21482
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	330	210	293
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	330	210	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	330	210	380
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	330	210	251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Lucy_007	Carboniferous Limestone in Northern Pennines and Permian Magnesian Limestone

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
	Lucy_007	330	210	270 ± 60	Pb isotope abundance	Age of Pb isotopes on galena		galena				Galena			1600	Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK	Settlingstones, Northumberland	Dunham et al. (1968)		PRSL307_251

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050148	Settlingstones Mine, Newbrough, Northumberland, England, UK	https://rruff.info/R050148

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