Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Buns Mine (Burnbank Mine), Bampton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 4772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Buns Mine (Burnbank Mine), Bampton, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°32'11"N
Longitude: 2°46'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.536388888889,-2.7819444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Calcite	Corundum	None	Quartz

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Brochantite Calcite Corundum None Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Hematite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	245	235	9052
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	14640
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	61156

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	JGS171_49_001	245	235	245-235	paleomag	age of hematite deposit					Yes		Hematite		25832	Cumbria, England, UK	Cumbria	Crowley et al. (2014)		JGS171_49

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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