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

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

mindat Locality ID: 24321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barrowmouth Alabaster Mine
Overend Quarry
Sandwith Mine

Latitude: 54°31'32"N
Longitude: 3°35'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.525555555556,-3.5902777777778
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileSpinelZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2452352119551,1195531588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235111955311547
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523511195539895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24523511195528173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523511195539617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511195537437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523511195516890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452351119553201
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245235111955214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245235111955217380
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111955361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224523511195525614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)24523511195525251


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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