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Locality Name:
Dalton Town With Newton, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 23894
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23894.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dalton Town With Newton, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Anty Cross Mine
Greenscoe Quarry
Roanhead Mine
Yarlside Mines

Latitude: 54°9'22"N
Longitude: 3°11'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.156111111111,-3.1922222222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Malachite Natrolite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

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
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	245	235	1	119416	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	1	119416	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	1	119417	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	235	1	119417	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	1	119417	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	1	119416	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	245	235	1	119418	770
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	245	235	0		1236
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	1	119416	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	1	119419	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	245	235	1	119417	6417

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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