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Locality Name:
Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 362
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 4754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4754.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°33'43"N
Longitude: 3°10'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.561944444444,-3.1722222222222
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 Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteChalcopyriteClayMalachiteMica
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb3623450363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36234509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)236234505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)362345011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS336234501089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)36234504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2362345027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS362345024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2362345012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2362345017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2362345039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl36234501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2362345061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS362345021482


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 
Kristen000257345345 K-Ar illiteY1    4754Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKYewthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000258362362 K-Ar illiteY2    4754Yewthwaite Mine, Newlands Valley, Above Derwent, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKYewthwaite MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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