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Locality Name:
Waberthwaite, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 24293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waberthwaite, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buckbarrow Beck Veins
Waberthwaite Quarry

Latitude: 54°19'17"N
Longitude: 3°20'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.321388888889,-3.3458333333333
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si V W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBismutiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCovelliteDiasporeGarnetKaolinite
MalachiteMixiteNonePyriteQuartzScheeliteStibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Eulytine  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Namibite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)324523511195412353
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S324523511195401935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2452351119540716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)245235111954051
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511195401633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235111954027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523511195403531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523511195404165
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2245235111954067
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3245235111954072
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2452351119540551
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511195407437
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424523511195415591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235111954012537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2452351119540168
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)245235111954024
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235111954039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111954061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6245235111954040
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24523511195404894
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O245235111954084


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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