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Locality Name:
Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 241287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241287.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cross Gill Copper Vein
Great Sulphur Vein
Tynebottom Mine
Tynehead Mine

Latitude: 54°45'0"N
Longitude: 2°23'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.75,-2.3941666666667
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCubaniteDevilline
GypsumKtenasiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNonePerovskitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSmolyaninoviteSphaleriteSpinelVivianite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glaucodot  (*)Gypsum  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24523511195742793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511195742734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523511195743092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119574445
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3245235111957453
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452352119572,11957411547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511195741633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452353119573,119574,11957527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24523511195755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22452353119572,119573,11957427198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2452351119574966
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452351119574366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22452352119574,1195759895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119574814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452354119572,119573,119574,11957524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS2452351119574131
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523511195746890
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452351119574987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452353119572,119574,11957512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22452353119573,119574,1195755674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2452351119574633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As32452351119574176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2452351119575492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2452352119573,119574767
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS324523511195741425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452353119573,119574,11957539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824523511195749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452353119573,119574,11957561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22452351119574233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs22452351119574317
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2452351119574142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452351119574292
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32452351119574531
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O245235111957413
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452352119574,11957521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42452351119574586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3245235111957462
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42452351119574380
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O245235111957495


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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