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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 372
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 24402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Deepdale
Dubhow Copper Mine
Eagle Crag Mine
Eycott Hill
Falcon Crag
Greenside Mine
Hartsop
Ruthwaite Lodge Vein

Latitude: 54°30'56"N
Longitude: 2°58'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.515555555556,-2.9736111111111
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 Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumFeldsparFluoriteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO224523511196902162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3722352119693,1196972734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)237232411196933092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)24523511196911036
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3722354119690,119693,119695,119697363
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452352119690,119697919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22452352119690,1196975509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3722353119690,119693,11969511547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42452351119696343
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33722354119690,119693,119695,1196971089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511196971633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3722355119690,119691,119692,119693,11969527770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62452351119697359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3722354119690,119693,119695,1196974979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23722356119689,119690,119693,119695,119697,11969827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24523511196972600
Copper  (*)CopperCu37232411196933846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)237232411196939895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523511196959617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3722354119690,119693,119695,11969724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu245235111969530554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS3723241119693717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33722353119687,119688,11969314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3722353119690,119693,1196971689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62452352119690,1196951066
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452351119690593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452351119697265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452351119690987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452352119690,11969712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS237232411196935674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523511196901107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2372324111969317380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O245235111969058
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23722352119689,11969339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO237232411196933106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2452353119695,119697,1196981725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23722354119691,119692,119693,11969561156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22452352119690,119697454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224523511196905614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3722354119690,119693,119695,11969721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523511196901803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133722352119690,1196935317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32452351119696369
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)3723241119693251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42452354119690,119695,119697,1196981655


4 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 
Kristen000265325325 K-Ar illiteGR1    1474Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKGreenside MinesIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000266372372 K-Ar illiteGR2    1474Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKGreenside MinesIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000267324324 K-Ar illiteGR3    1474Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKGreenside MinesIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070598Eycott Hill, Patterdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R070598

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