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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
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: 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: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23117120,117121,1171243092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3602002117119,1171203250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3602003117119,117120,11712127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23602002117119,11712027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211171219895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23602007117119,117120,117121,117122,117123,117124,1171259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3602007117119,117120,117121,117122,117123,117124,11712524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11171217437
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111712039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117120,117121,11712561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3602006117119,117120,117121,117122,117123,1171256417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2117120,11712521482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Lucy_002Carboniferous Limestone in Northern Pennines and Permian Magnesian Limestone


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
Lucy_002360200280 ± 80Pb isotope abundanceAge of metasomatismgalena   Galena  26467Barbary Mine, Ireshopeburn, Stanhope, Co. Durham, England, UKBarbary Mine, WeardaleDunham et al. (1968) PRSL307_251Age of Pb isotopes on galena

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