Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 26468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°45'58"N
Longitude: 2°12'57"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.766111111111,-2.2158333333333

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.

Calcite	Coronadite	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca F Fe Mn O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Fe Mn O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Coronadite Fluorite None Quartz Rocksalt

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Coronadite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	360	260	227
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	260	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	360	260	24243
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	360	260	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	360	260	6417

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Lucy_003	Carboniferous Limestone in Northern Pennines and Permian Magnesian Limestone

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
	Lucy_003	360	260	310 ± 50	Pb isotope abundance	Age of Pb isotopes on galena		galena				Galena			26468	Sedling Mine, Cowshill, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK	Sedling Mine	Dunham et al. (1968)		PRSL307_251

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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