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Locality Name:
Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 24274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hartsop, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hartsop Hall Mine
Hogget Beck
Myers Head Mine

Latitude: 54°29'52"N
Longitude: 2°55'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.497777777778,-2.9272222222222

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: Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
CopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511196972734
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2452352119695,119697363
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452351119697919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224523511196975509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235111969511547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42452351119696343
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32452352119695,1196971089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511196971633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235111969527770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62452351119697359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2452352119695,1196974979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22452352119695,11969727198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24523511196972600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523511196959617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452352119695,11969724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu245235111969530554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24523511196971689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523511196951066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452351119697265
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235111969712537
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2452352119695,1196971725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111969561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22452351119697454
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452352119695,11969721482
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32452351119696369
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42452352119695,1196971655



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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