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Locality Name:
Barrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 4750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Barrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°35'7"N
Longitude: 3°11'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.585277777778,-3.1883333333333
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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteLinariteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteUllmannite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antimony  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)35835202734
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3583520363
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113583520843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335835201089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358352027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)35835204979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235835209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358352024243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)635835201066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23583520987
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358352039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35835201725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358352061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35835206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358352021482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3583520293


3 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 
Kristen000255358358 K-Ar illiteB.A1    4750Barrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKBarrow MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000256352352 K-Ar illiteB.A2    4750Barrow Mine, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKBarrow MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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