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Locality Name:
Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 397
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 25862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Packhorse Hill
Shap Beck Quarry
Shap Blue Quarry
Shap Pink Quarry
Sherry Gill
Wallow Crag Quarry
Wasdale Beck
Wasdale Head

Latitude: 54°29'26"N
Longitude: 2°41'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.490555555556,-2.6997222222222
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBeryl
BismutiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMilariteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTitaniteVesuvianiteVivianiteZircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gladite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Koechlinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Milarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nacrite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)23972353119704,119705,1197073419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)39739111197058803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3973911119705706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23972352119705,1197082162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3972352119705,1197069052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O63972353119702,119704,1197092060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3972353119704,119705,11970611547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F3973911119705304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)3973911119705255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23973911119705606
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2397391111970596
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi39739111197051966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33972352119704,1197051935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23973911119705700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3972353119703,119704,11970527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39739111197054979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23972352119704,11970527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O39723511197043531
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1839723511197041008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S53973911119705344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS39723511197044165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3972353119704,119705,1197078173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3972351119704814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23972353119704,119705,1197069617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3972353119704,119705,11970624243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9397391111970567
Graphite  (*)NoneC39739111197052812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)339723511197091544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3972352119705,1197066890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33972353119703,119704,11970514640
Koechlinite  (*)NoneBi2MoO6397391111970539
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO439723511197091507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O39723511197041271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43972352119704,11970514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23972352119704,11970512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239723511197045674
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O3973911119705156
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl39723511197061107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS239739111197055800
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43972351119704112
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)39739111197052349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3972351119704363
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23972353119704,119705,11970639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl39739111197051725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839723511197069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23972353119704,119705,11970661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23972352119705,1197085614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3972351119709598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)39739111197054894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3972352119704,11970521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O439723511197071934
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F3973911119705232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39739111197054899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)239723511197092562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1039723511197091395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO439739111197051655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39739111197055251


2 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 
Mo-00065397391 Rb-Sr     Koechlinite, Molybdenite, WulfeniteMo4683Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Wadge et al. (1978)10.1144/pygs.42.2.297PYGPS42_297 

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