Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 402
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 24094
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24094.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Birk Fell Mine
Bonser Mine
Borlase Mine
Coniston Copper Mines
Greenburn Valley
Hellens Mine
Levers Water
Paddy End Mine
Tilberthwaite Gill
Tilberthwaite Mine
Wetherlam Mine
Zinc Mine

Latitude: 54°23'37"N
Longitude: 3°5'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.393611111111,-3.0894444444444

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.

Allophane	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Stilpnomelane	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucodot ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Laitakarite ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Saponite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu H O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Gypsum Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Stilpnomelane Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

45 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	402	235	2	119748,119757	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	402	235	8	119745,119746,119748,119751,119754,119757,119758,119759	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	402	235	3	119748,119755,119756	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	3	119745,119757,119758	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	402	235	4	119746,119748,119752,119757	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	402	235	4	119746,119748,119752,119757	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	245	235	7	119745,119747,119753,119754,119756,119757,119759	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	1	119757	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	402	235	2	119746,119748	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	245	235	2	119745,119756	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	402	235	9	119745,119746,119748,119751,119753,119754,119757,119759,119760	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	245	235	1	119746	577
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	402	235	2	119748,119756	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	402	235	2	119748,119757	966
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	245	235	1	119746	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	235	2	119753,119756	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	402	235	2	119748,119758	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	402	235	3	119746,119748,119757	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	402	235	2	119748,119750	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	402	235	4	119746,119748,119754,119758	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	245	235	1	119757	131
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	245	235	1	119757	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	235	1	119757	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	1	119752	14640
Laitakarite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄(Se,S)₃	245	235	1	119746	30
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	245	235	1	119757	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	402	390	0		987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	402	235	3	119746,119748,119752	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	402	235	6	119748,119753,119755,119756,119757,119758	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	402	235	2	119746,119748	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	402	390	1	119748	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	402	235	2	119748,119757	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	402	390	1	119748	767
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	245	235	1	119757	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	402	235	3	119746,119748,119757	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	402	235	3	119746,119748,119757	9056
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	402	390	1	119748	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	402	390	1	119748	317
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	402	390	1	119748	301
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	402	235	3	119748,119757	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	402	235	6	119746,119748,119751,119753,119754,119758	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	245	235	1	119746	456
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	245	235	3	119745,119753,119757	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	245	235	1	119746	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	245	235	2	119757,119758	5317

6 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	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
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
Kristen000242	392	392		K-Ar		high	illite	C1			4747	Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK	Coniston Copper Mine	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	10.1017/S0016756800041571	GM111_521
Kristen000243	367	367		K-Ar			illite	C2			4747	Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK	Coniston Copper Mine	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	10.1017/S0016756800041571	GM111_521
Kristen000244	402	402		K-Ar		high	illite	C3			4747	Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK	Coniston Copper Mine	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	10.1017/S0016756800041571	GM111_521
Kristen000245	390	390		K-Ar		high	illite	C4			4747	Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK	Coniston Copper Mine	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	10.1017/S0016756800041571	GM111_521
Kristen000246	389	389		K-Ar			illite	C5			4747	Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK	Coniston Copper Mine	Ineson and Mitchell (1974)	10.1017/S0016756800041571	GM111_521

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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