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Locality Name:
Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 5067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Burdell Gill
Wet Swine Gill

Latitude: 54°40'49"N
Longitude: 3°4'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.680277777778,-3.0691666666667
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 B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H Hg K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerauniteBerthieriteCalciteCarminite
CoronaditeCorundumDiasporeDufréniteFeldsparLepidocrociteNonePharmacosideritePyrochloreQuartz
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTourmalineVivianiteZinkenite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Carminite  (*)Claudetite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mercury  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Switzerite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2452351119330363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24523511193309052
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O2452351119329150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235111932911547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2452351119329136
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42452351119330343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452351119329413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452351119330450
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452351119329178
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O3245235111933035
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162452351119329599
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O2452351119329139
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15245235111933055
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523511193297437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235111932914640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142452351119330784
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6245235111932941
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452351119329581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2452351119329770
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2452351119330397
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523511193291107
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24523511193292349
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452351119330124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452351119329428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452351119329170
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224523511193293106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452352119329,11933061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)24523511193291711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102452351119329312
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2452352119329,1193304894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)24523511193292705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523511193291153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S212452351119330165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32452351119330179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235111933021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2452351119330446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S324523511193303418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452351119329263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24523511193302045
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O245235111932921
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S422452351119330228


1 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 

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