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Locality Name:
Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 30968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Amber Hill Mine
Hilton Mine
Murton Mine

Latitude: 54°35'47"N
Longitude: 2°22'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.596388888889,-2.3697222222222
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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteMilleriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511196782734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119678445
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452351119678919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224523511196785509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452353119677,119678,11967911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235111967827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2452352119678,1196794979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235111967827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523511196793531
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119678814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22452353119677,119678,1196799617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452353119677,119678,11967924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24523511196781689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523511196781066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452351119678265
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452352119678,11967912537
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS24523511196781066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2452351119678633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2452351119678767
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452352119678,11967961156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22452351119678454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523511196786417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523511196782473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235111967821482
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)2452352119678,119679251


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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