Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 282
Youngest recorded age at locality: 197

mindat Locality ID: 26840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Bannerdale
Bannerdale Graphite Mine
Blackhazel Beck
Brandy Gill Mine
Caldew Valley
Carrock Mine
Coombe Height
Grains Gill
Kelt Crag
Mosedale Quarry
Poddy Gill
Saddleback Old Mine
Saddleback Upper Trial

Latitude: 54°40'27"N
Longitude: 3°2'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.674166666667,-3.0380555555556
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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBismutiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChenite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubanite
DescloiziteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePharmacosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTalcTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTungstiteWurtziteZircon

120 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chenite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Hematite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ingodite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Petitjeanite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Powellite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rooseveltite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Scotlandite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Strengite  (*)Susannite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)228219711196613419
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O245235111965933
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24523511196598803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2821971119661470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO224523511196672162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52452353119657,119658,1196711310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2452352119659,1196712734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22821972119659,1196613092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2821972119659,1196613250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2452355119659,119661,119663,119664,1196679052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2821976119656,119657,119659,119661,119666,11967111547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22452352119659,119662172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452352119659,119666413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452352119666,119671450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O32821971119661214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2452352119661,1196621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32821973119659,119661,1196671935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2821971119661716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42821972119661,1196715516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511196711633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22452351119667700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452355119659,119661,119663,119664,11966927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62452351119671359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452351119659178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228219711196615171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2452355119657,119659,119666,119670,1196714979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2821973119659,119661,1196715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22821973119657,119659,11966127198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2245235111965990
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)6245235111967140
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2821972119659,1196613531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)824523511196671756
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O62821971119661289
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)2452351119659363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O2452351119671295
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1828219711196611008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62452352119671,119672151
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O328219711196611797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52821971119661344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2821973119659,119661,1196714165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32821971119661802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2452352119659,1196712970
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162452351119671300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22452353119659,119661,1196639895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)2452352119659,119666220
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2821972119661,1196678173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O2821971119661345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F28219711196612740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22452353119661,119664,1196679617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452358119657,119659,119661,119662,119663,119666,119670,11967124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2452354119659,119663,119666,1196717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2452354119661,119662,119663,11966730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC24523511196572812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2452351119657717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O28219711196616890
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te32821971119661104
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl245235111965948
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32821972119659,11966114640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62452352119671,11967282
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O2452351119659144
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162452351119672243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)2452351119667469
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452351119671201
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324523511196595433
Ingodite  (*)TetradymiteBi2TeS282197111966130
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142452351119660784
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2282197111966150
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S282197111966186
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6282197111966180
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452351119671593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452352119659,119671265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452354119656,119659,119670,119671987
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)22452351119672210
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22821975119657,119659,119661,119666,11967112537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2452352119656,119657770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS228219711196615674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2452353119661,119664,1196664924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2821974119659,119661,119666,1196711107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22452354119659,119661,119662,1196635800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2452352119659,119666362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22821974119657,119659,119661,11966717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2821973119661,119666,1196672349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2452351119669363
Petitjeanite  (*)NoneBi3O(PO4)2(OH)282197111966115
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452353119659,119661,119662428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452352119666,119672170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452351119659477
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)2821971119661494
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)282197111966153
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42452351119671369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452356119657,119659,119661,119663,119664,11966739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22452352119659,1196663106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2452356119659,119661,119662,119670,119671,1196721725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82452354119661,119663,119664,1196679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452359119659,119660,119661,119662,119663,119664,119666,119670,11967161156
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)282197111966138
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22821973119657,119661,1196675614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2452353119659,119661,1196644894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)24523511196602705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2821972119659,1196611153
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)245235111967125
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523511196596417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523511196572473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452353119657,119661,11966321482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2452351119660446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32821972119657,1196613418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2821973119659,119661,119670156
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452352119661,119663263
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2245235111965999
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)228219711196613337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1328219711196615317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O24523511196594899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22452352119661,1196632562
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O2821971119661118
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO228219711196612718
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2452352119659,119666605
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2452351119657251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42452355119659,119662,119666,119670,1196711655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2452351119667939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)24523511196675251


5 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 
Kristen000285197197 K-Ar illiteCF1    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000286231231 K-Ar illiteCF2    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000287282282 K-Ar illiteCF3    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000288231231 K-Ar illiteCF4    1425Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKCarrock Fell MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...