Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 280954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scar Crag, Causey Pike, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cobalt Mine

Latitude: 54°34'30"N
Longitude: 3°13'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.575,-3.2280555555556
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 Bi Co Fe H K Mo O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteClayCobaltiteCorundumKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NonePerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileSkutteruditeStibniteVivianiteWavellite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS245235111927256
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523511192729052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi24523511192721966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S324523511192721935
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2452351119272966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119272814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS2452351119272131
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235111927214640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624523511192722228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424523511192725591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224523511192725674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS224523511192725800
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452351119272428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235111927239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111927261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224523511192725614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523511192721153
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32452352119272531
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O2452351119272301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O2452351119272374


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
JGS171_49_001245235245-235paleomagage of hematite deposit   YesHematite 25832Cumbria, England, UKCumbriaCrowley et al. (2014) JGS171_49 

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