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Locality Name:
Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 360
Youngest recorded age at locality: 200

mindat Locality ID: 26709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Barbary Mine
Blackdene Mine
Carricks Mine
Levelgate Level
Lodge Sike Mine
Old Fall Level (Snail Beds Level)
Old Middlehope Mine

Latitude: 54°44'33"N
Longitude: 2°12'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.7425,-2.2030555555556

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	117120,117121,117124	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	360	200	2	117119,117120	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	360	200	3	117119,117120,117121	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	360	200	2	117119,117120	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	117121	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	360	200	7	117119,117120,117121,117122,117123,117124,117125	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	360	200	7	117119,117120,117121,117122,117123,117124,117125	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	117121	7437
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	117120	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	117120,117121,117125	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	360	200	6	117119,117120,117121,117122,117123,117125	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	117120,117125	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Lucy_002	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_002	360	200	280 ± 80	Pb isotope abundance	Age of metasomatism		galena				Galena			26467	Barbary Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UK	Barbary Mine, Weardale	Dunham et al. (1968)		PRSL307_251	Age of Pb isotopes on galena

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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