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Locality Name:
South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 402
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 302890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 49
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Aldingham
Beetham
Broughton West
Coniston
Crook
Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite
Kentmere
Lakes
Milnthorpe
Nether Staveley
Torver
Ulverston
Windermere

Latitude: 54°21'4"N
Longitude: 2°57'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.351111111111,-2.9502777777778
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 F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFluorite
GypsumLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelane
TetradymiteTetrahedriteVivianite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Laitakarite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Saponite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO224523511197762162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511197822734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O4022352119748,119757445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4022359119745,119746,119748,119751,119754,119757,119758,119759,1197659052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24022354119740,119748,119755,1197565509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452354119745,119757,119758,11976311547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi4022354119746,119748,119752,1197571966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34022354119746,119748,119752,1197571935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42452358119745,119747,119753,119754,119756,119757,119759,1197655516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511197571633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4022353119746,119748,11978227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523511197824979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2452354119740,119745,119756,1197655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS240223512119740,119745,119746,119748,119751,119753,119754,119757,119759,119760,119765,11978727198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)82452351119746577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4022353119748,119756,1197823531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4022353119748,119757,119765966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S52452351119746344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2452353119753,119756,1197654165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4022352119748,1197582970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S24523511197651027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S162452351119765300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24022354119746,119748,119757,1197879895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24523511197758173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4022352119748,119750814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523511197849617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4022357119746,119748,119754,119758,119763,119781,11978224243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS2452351119757131
Gold  (*)CopperAu2452352119757,11976530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523511197576890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32452356119752,119765,119770,119771,119777,11978414640
Laitakarite  (*)TetradymiteBi4(Se,S)3245235111974630
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452351119757593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24023901119744987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44022353119746,119748,11975214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)24022359119740,119748,119753,119755,119756,119757,119758,119765,11978212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24022352119746,1197485674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2402390111974817380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs4022352119748,119757633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O24523511197672994
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4023901119748767
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452351119757309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24022354119746,119748,119757,11976539462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523511197821725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84022353119746,119748,1197579056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452352119765,11978461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs24023901119748233
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224523511197735614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs24023901119748317
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O4023901119748301
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523511197656417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs34022353119748,119757531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4022356119746,119748,119751,119753,119754,11975821482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O2452351119746456
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132452353119745,119753,1197571803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO24523511197461101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132452352119757,1197585317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32452351119765297


6 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 
Kristen000242392392 K-Ar highilliteC1    4747Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UKConiston Copper MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000243367367 K-Ar illiteC2    4747Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UKConiston Copper MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000244402402 K-Ar highilliteC3    4747Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UKConiston Copper MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000245390390 K-Ar highilliteC4    4747Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UKConiston Copper MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000246389389 K-Ar illiteC5    4747Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UKConiston Copper MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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