Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Farlam, City Of Carlisle District, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 302932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-302932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Farlam, City Of Carlisle District, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Silvertop Quarry
Tindale (Tindale Fell)

Latitude: 54°56'16"N
Longitude: 2°38'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.937777777778,-2.6461111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Ettringite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	None	Phenakite	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cu H Hg O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Ettringite Gypsum Ktenasite None Phenakite Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Brianyoungite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Ettringite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Willemite ()*	Zinc ()*	Zincite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	245	235	1	119436	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	1	119436	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	245	235	1	119434	2600
Ettringite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂·27H₂O	245	235	1	119436	93
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	235	1	119436	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	1	119436	1066
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	245	235	1	119436	142
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	245	235	1	119436	303
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	245	235	1	119436	52
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	245	235	1	119436	98

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JGS171_49_001	245	235	245-235	paleomag	age of hematite deposit					Yes		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Cumbria	Crowley et al. (2014)		JGS171_49

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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