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Locality Name:
Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 25856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level)
Capelcleugh Mine
Carrs Mine
Gudhamgill Mine
Middlecleugh Upper Level
Rampgill Mine
Smallcleugh Mine

Latitude: 54°47'12"N
Longitude: 2°20'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.786666666667,-2.3375
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Ni S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlstoniteAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovellite
DevillineDiasporeEpsomiteFluoriteGypsumHarmotomeKtenasiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
MilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurUllmannite
Vivianite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Alstonite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alstonite  (*)AlstoniteBaCa(CO3)2245235111958224
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511195822734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22452356119582,119583,119584,119586,119587,1195883092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119588445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2452353119582,119586,1195883250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452354119582,119585,119587,11958811547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)22452352119582,11958783
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62452351119588132
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452351119588450
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O2452352119582,11958816
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324523511195821089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)42452352119582,11958879
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62452352119582,1195881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452355119582,119583,119586,119587,11958827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2452352119582,1195884979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24523505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22452354119582,119583,119586,11958827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523511195882970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22452354119582,119583,119586,1195889895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2452351119582484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119582814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22452356119582,119583,119585,119586,119587,1195889617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452357119582,119583,119584,119585,119586,119587,11958824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511195827437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O2452351119588188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2452353119582,119583,1195886890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O2452351119582290
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2452352119582,119588341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62452352119582,1195881066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452352119582,1195882228
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O245235111958875
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452352119582,11958812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224523511195825674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2452352119582,119588915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS2452352119582,1195881066
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O245235111958858
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2452351119582492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2452350767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452353119582,119587,11958839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452355119582,119583,119584,119587,11958861156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2452351119588142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452352119582,119588292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2452353119582,119587,1195886417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2452354119582,119586,119587,1195882473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452357119582,119583,119584,119585,119586,119587,11958821482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2452351119582589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2452353119582,119587,1195882045
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2452352119582,119588293
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2452352119582,119587251


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 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050197Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R050197
R060431Brownley Hill Mine (Bloomsberry Horse Level), Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060431

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