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Locality Name:
Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 395
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 26743
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26743.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Broadgill Trial
Castle Nook Mine
Dale Head Mine
Goldscope Mine
Little Mine Crag
Longwork
Yewthwaite Mine

Latitude: 54°36'57"N
Longitude: 3°9'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.615833333333,-3.1613888888889
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibnite
TetrahedriteZircon

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)36236011192802734
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3623452119280,119283363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3952355119278,119279,119280,119281,1192839052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23622353119279,119280,1192835509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)362345111928311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi24523511192791966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S324523511192791935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424523511192795516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33623452119280,1192831089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511192791633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235111927927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3952354119277,119278,119280,1192834979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24523511192795707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23952356119278,119279,119280,119281,119282,11928327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3622352119279,1192803531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2452351119279966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523511192794165
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162452351119279300
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3952354119278,119279,119280,11928324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511192797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3622352119279,11928030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC24523511192792812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235111927914640
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23623601119280987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23622353119279,119280,11928312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23622352119279,1192805674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23952354119278,119279,119280,11928317380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3623601119280492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23952354119278,119279,119280,11928339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3622353119277,119280,1192831725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83952353119278,119279,1192809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23953453119278,119280,11928361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224523511192795614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3952354119278,119279,119280,11928321482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523511192791803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO24523511192791101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1336236011192805317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)24523511192795251


9 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 
Kristen000261381381 K-Ar illiteCN1    4773Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKCastle NookIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000262369369 K-Ar illiteCN2    4773Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKCastle NookIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000263362362 K-Ar illiteCN3    4773Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKCastle NookIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000264395395 K-Ar illiteCN4    4773Castle Nook Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKCastle NookIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000259360360 K-Ar illiteG1    4726Goldscope Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKGoldscope MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000260362362 K-Ar illiteG2    4726Goldscope Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKGoldscope MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000257345345 K-Ar illiteY1    4754Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKYewthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000258362362 K-Ar illiteY2    4754Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKYewthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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