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Locality Name:
St. John's Castlerigg And Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 24211
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24211.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St. John's Castlerigg And Wythburn, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Armboth Dyke
Birkside Gill Mine
Thirlspot Mine
Threlkeld Quarry
Wanthwaite Mine
Wythburn Mine (Wheal Henry; Helvellyn Mine)

Latitude: 54°33'16"N
Longitude: 3°3'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.554444444444,-3.0511111111111
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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDundasiteFeldsparGypsumLinariteMalachiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutterudite
SphaleriteSymplesiteTetrahedriteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Weilite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24523511194028803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511194072734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523511194053092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24523511194053250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235111940711547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511194071633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452352119405,11940727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523511194074979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22452352119404,11940727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523511194073531
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1824523511194051008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523511194074165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523511194059895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O245235111940697
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235111940724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511194077437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2452352119403,11940630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235111940714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24523511194071689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523511194061066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142452351119406784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS22452351119406230
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452351119407265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452351119407987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235111940712537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24523511194022349
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O2452351119406105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O245235111940699
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452351119407170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235111940739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523511194071725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82452352119402,1194069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111940761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224523511194065614
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32452351119406179
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32452351119406531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523511194072473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235111940721482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2452351119406446
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O245235111940692
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324523511194075317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32452351119406369
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)245235111940619
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523511194071655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)24523511194025251


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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