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Locality Name:
Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 4747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coniston Copper Mines, Coniston, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°22'36"N
Longitude: 3°6'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.376666666667,-3.1008333333333
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteRocksaltSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Saponite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O4023900445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40239009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)240239005509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi40239001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S340239001935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)402390027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2402390027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O40239003531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS4023900966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O40239002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)240239009895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4023900814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS402390024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4402390014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2402390012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS240239005674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2402390017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs4023900633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS4023900767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2402390039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840239009056
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs24023900233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs24023900317
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O4023900301
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs34023900531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS402390021482


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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