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Locality Name:
Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 367
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 279235
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279235.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine)

Latitude: 54°34'59"N
Longitude: 3°14'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.583055555556,-3.2375
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumDevillineDiasporeFluoriteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SkutteruditeSphaleriteVivianite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lautenthalite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S36734911192742793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)36734911192742734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)236734911192743092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3673491119274363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36734911192749052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)367349111927411547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS336734911192741089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)636734911192741633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)367349111927427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)36734911192744979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2367349111927427198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)836734911192741756
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1836734911192741008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O36734911192742970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236734911192749895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3673491119274814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF236734911192749617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS367349111927424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36734911192747437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3367349111927414640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3673491119274593
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O367349111927418
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23673491119274987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2367349111927412537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)3673491119274770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS236734911192745674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2367349111927417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2367349111927439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl36734911192741725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2367349111927461156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3673491119274292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)36734911192746417
Silver  (*)CopperAg36734911192745186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33673491119274531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS367349111927421482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO436734911192741655


4 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 
Kristen000247349349 K-Ar illiteFC1    1468Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKForce Craig MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000248367367 K-Ar illiteFC2    1468Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKForce Craig MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000249365365 K-Ar illiteFC3    1468Force Crag Mine (Force Craig Mine), Coledale, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKForce Craig MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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