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Locality Name:
Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 302891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 106
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 84

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Arlecdon & Frizington
Beckermet
Bootle
Cleator Moor
Distington
Drigg & Carleton
Egremont
Ennerdale And Kinniside
Eskdale
Gosforth
Haile
Irton With Santon
Lamplugh
Lowside Quarter
Millom
Millom Without
Muncaster
Ulpha
Waberthwaite
Wasdale
West Cumberland Iron Field
Whicham
Whitehaven

Latitude: 54°24'47"N
Longitude: 3°23'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.413055555556,-3.3925
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBrauniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMixite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTalcTetrahedriteTopazVivianiteZircon

68 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Eulytine  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namibite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Russellite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2452354119488,119489,119543,1195458803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)324523511195412353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52452354119460,119503,119524,1195331310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2452352119493,1195082734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2452352119551,1195531588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)24523511194881036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24523511119454,119463,119473,119509,119510,119514,119515,119516,119518,119520,1195223250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2452352119536,1195389052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62452352119488,1195442060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)24523525119449,119451,119452,119453,119455,119456,119457,119463,119465,119466,119469,119473,119477,119479,119480,119483,119486,119493,119509,119510,119511,119514,119529,119531,11955311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32452352119537,1195401935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2452351119540716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)245235111954051
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)2452351119483483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62452352119493,1195401633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)24523523119449,119456,119457,119463,119465,119469,119471,119473,119474,119478,119479,119482,119483,119485,119486,119508,119509,119510,119511,119514,119515,119525,11952927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523511194934979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2452351119508925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22452358119455,119465,119502,119508,119536,119537,119538,11954027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523511195403531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523511195404165
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2245235111954067
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523517119449,119456,119457,119463,119469,119471,119473,119481,119498,119501,119508,119509,119511,119514,119525,119529,1195539895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2452354119477,119488,119545,1195528173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452352119535,119536814
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3245235111954072
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)2452351119540551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523518119456,119463,119466,119473,119475,119476,119477,119483,119486,119493,119495,119508,119509,119510,119511,119518,119533,1195539617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452352119483,11949324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2452354119463,119510,119540,1195537437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523511195516890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O42452353119463,119473,119483350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O324523541119449,119450,119453,119454,119455,119456,119457,119462,119463,119464,119465,119466,119467,119471,119473,119474,119479,119482,119485,119486,119490,119492,119496,119498,119499,119500,119501,119502,119504,119506,119508,119509,119510,119511,119517,119519,119521,119525,119529,119531,11953314640
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452351119553201
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32452352119488,1195445433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424523511195415591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2452351119502593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452351119493265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452351119463581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452351119493987
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)22452351119490210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42452353119477,119544,11955214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452352119514,11954012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2452352119473,119483770
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS24523511194831066
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2452351119540168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22452352119477,11955217380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)245235111954024
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24523511194882349
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2452351119502309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452359119455,119463,119465,119482,119483,119508,119514,119538,11954039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22452355119463,119473,119483,119509,1195183106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523511194931725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224523517119449,119457,119463,119473,119483,119486,119491,119502,119508,119509,119510,119511,119514,119519,119529,119540,11955361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)24523511194831711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102452351119498312
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6245235111954040
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22452354119477,119488,119489,1195525614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24523511195404894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2452355119465,119483,119484,119523,1195266417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S42452351119483249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452352119471,11948321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)224523511195363337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523511195361803
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F224523511195331476
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523511194931655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O245235111954084
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2452352119477,1195525251


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 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060190Florence Mine, Haile, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060190

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