Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 26822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borrowdale, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bowder Stone
Copper Plate Mine
Goat Crag
Grange
Manesty
Ore Gap
Seathwaite

Latitude: 54°31'36"N
Longitude: 3°9'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.526666666667,-3.1661111111111

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.

Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	235	1	119297	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	245	235	1	119305	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	245	235	3	119298,119301,119305	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	245	235	1	119305	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	1	119305	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	1	119305	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	235	1	119305	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	4	119298,119299,119301,119305	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	235	1	119305	1025
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	3	119299,119301,119305	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	245	235	1	119305	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	2	119299,119305	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	235	1	119305	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	1	119305	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	235	1	119305	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	3	119298,119301,119305	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	245	235	1	119303	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	245	235	1	119298	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	1	119305	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	235	3	119299,119301,119305	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	235	1	119297	2562

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
	JGS171_49_001	245	235	245-235	paleomag	age of hematite deposit					Yes		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Cumbria	Crowley et al. (2014)		JGS171_49

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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