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Locality Name:
Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 22856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Berrier Mine
Cleator Moor Iron Mines
Crossfield Mines
Crowgarth Mine
Gutterby Pit
Postlethwaite's Moor Row Mine

Latitude: 54°31'6"N
Longitude: 3°31'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.518333333333,-3.52

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeFluoriteLepidocrociteNonePyrite
QuartzRutileSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24523511194633250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452353119463,119465,11946611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452352119463,11946527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235111946527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523511194639895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22452352119463,1194669617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511194637437
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O42452351119463350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32452356119462,119463,119464,119465,119466,11946714640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452351119463581
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452352119463,11946539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224523511194633106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111946361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523511194656417



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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