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Locality Name:
Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 178

mindat Locality ID: 25831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Barstow's Trench
Birk Gill
Brae Fell Mine
Clints Gill (Roughton South Vein)
Dry Smale Gill
Hay Gill Copper Mine
Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg)
Iron Crag
Mexico Mine
Red Gill Mine
Roughton Gill Mine
Silver Gill
Swinburn Gill
Thief Gills
Todd Gill
Wet Smale Gill

Latitude: 54°42'9"N
Longitude: 3°5'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.7025,-3.0838888888889
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Cu H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalcite
CaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyriteCheniteClayConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovellite
DescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteFeldsparGypsumKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

92 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsentsumebite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bechererite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Macphersonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Queitite  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tsumebite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wooldridgeite  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2451783119356,119359,1193602793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)18917808803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2451786119352,119356,119358,119359,119360,1193612734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22452352119354,1193593092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2451782119357,1193603250
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)189178111936037
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)31891780544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62451784119356,119359,119360,119361919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22451782119360,1193635509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O2452351119356150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2451788119352,119355,119356,119357,119359,119360,119361,11936511547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62452351119363132
Bechererite  (*)NoneZn7Cu(OH)13[SiO(OH)3(SO4)]245235111936116
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452353119356,119361,119363413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72451786119352,119356,119358,119359,119360,119361450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424523511193565516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62451787119352,119355,119356,119359,119360,119361,1193631633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2451788119352,119353,119355,119356,119357,119359,119360,11936127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62451787119352,119356,119359,119360,119361,119363,119365359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452352119356,119363178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24517810119352,119355,119356,119358,119359,119360,119361,119362,119363,1193654979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)22451782119356,11936027
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2451782119358,1193605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22451787119352,119355,119356,119357,119359,119360,11936127198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)62452352119356,11935940
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2451787119352,119354,119355,119356,119360,119361,1193633531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS2451784119356,119359,119360,1193612600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O2452352119356,119361295
Copper  (*)CopperCu2452352119356,1193613846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62452353119356,119357,119358151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162451783119355,119356,119360227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2451786119352,119356,119359,119360,119361,1193634165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162452352119356,119357599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2451786119352,119356,119358,119359,119360,1193612970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S24523511193591027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162452351119359300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22451786119353,119355,119356,119357,119359,1193609895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O245235111935985
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1891781119360814
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4245235111936149
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS24517810119352,119354,119355,119356,119358,119359,119360,119361,119362,11936324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2451788119355,119356,119357,119358,119359,119360,119361,1193637437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O18917811193606890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235111935614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2451785119352,119356,119359,119360,1193611689
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6245235111935782
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22451785119356,119359,119360,119361,119365201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62451784119356,119359,119360,1193611066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452353119355,119356,1193612228
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6245235111935641
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)2451784119356,119359,119360,11936197
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2451785119352,119358,119359,119360,119361593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22451786119352,119354,119356,119359,119360,119361265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2451783119356,119357,119360581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22451789119352,119354,119358,119359,119360,119361,119363,119364,119365987
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2245235111935911
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)224517811119352,119355,119356,119357,119358,119359,119360,119361,119363,119364,11936512537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2452351119356770
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl2452354119352,119354,119356,11935932
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2451786119350,119352,119356,119358,119360,1193611107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224523511193585800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2451785119352,119356,119357,119359,119360362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2189178111936017380
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl245235111935671
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62451784119356,119357,119360,119364170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452352119356,119357477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452351119361309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22451786119352,119355,119356,119357,119360,11936139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24517812119350,119352,119353,119356,119357,119358,119359,119360,119361,119363,119364,1193651725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224517812119350,119352,119354,119355,119356,119357,119358,119359,119360,119361,119363,11936561156
Queitite  (*)NoneZn2Pb4(Si2O7)(SiO4)(SO4)24523511193597
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O2451782119360,11936168
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O2452353119356,119359,11936145
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102452353119352,119356,119359312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22451782119356,119360454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2451782119360,119361142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523511193561153
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)2451785119352,119354,119356,119359,11936025
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)62452351119356134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2451782119359,119360292
Silver  (*)CopperAg2451784119352,119356,119359,1193605186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2451782119360,1193612473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2451787119352,119355,119356,119359,119360,119361,11936421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2451786119352,119355,119356,119359,119360,1193612045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452353119356,119359,11936199
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO24523511193561101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1318917811193605317
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)189178111936032
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2452351119359605
Wooldridgeite  (*)NoneNa2CaCu2+2(P2O7)2·10H2O18917811193603
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452352119359,11936195
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42451786119356,119357,119358,119360,119361,1193641655


3 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 
Kristen000281178178 K-Ar illiteR1    1444Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKRoughtongill MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000282189189 K-Ar illiteR2    1444Roughton Gill Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKRoughtongill MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070490Dry Smale Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R070490
R070491Iron Crag, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R070491

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