Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 252675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lamplugh, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Eskett Mine
Eskett Quarry
Kirkland
Margaret Mine
Murton & Coronation Mine
Salterhall Mine
Sharp Knott
Winder Pit No. 2
Windergill Mine

Latitude: 54°32'52"N
Longitude: 3°26'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.547777777778,-3.4466666666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	245	235	1	119524	1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	6	119514,119515,119516,119518,119520,119522	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	1	119514	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	3	119514,119515,119525	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	2	119514,119525	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	1	119518	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	4	119517,119519,119521,119525	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	1	119514	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	1	119514	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	245	235	1	119518	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	2	119514,119519	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	245	235	2	119523,119526	6417

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JGS171_49_001	245	235	245-235	paleomag	age of hematite deposit					Yes		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Cumbria	Crowley et al. (2014)		JGS171_49

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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