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Locality Name:
Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 249
Youngest recorded age at locality: 229

mindat Locality ID: 4767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°43'26"N
Longitude: 3°3'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.723888888889,-3.0588888888889
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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCorundumCovelliteDiasporeKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24922903250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O2492290194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24922909052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62492290919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224922905509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O2492290150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)249229011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)22492290172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62492290413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624922901633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)249229027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24922904979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2249229027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24922903531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24922902600
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42492290175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24922904165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24922902970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224922909895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS249229024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24922907437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3249229014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24922901689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624922902228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2492290593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22492290987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2249229012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24922901107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2249229017380
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O249229031
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42492290369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2249229039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2249229061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2492290142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24922901153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS249229021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24922902045


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 
Kristen000275249249 K-Ar illitePG1    4767Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKPotts Ghyll MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 
Kristen000276229229 K-Ar illitePG2    4767Potts Gill Copper Mine, Potts Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UKPotts Ghyll MineIneson and Mitchell (1974)10.1017/S0016756800041571GM111_521 

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