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Locality Name:
Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 5073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°41'39"N
Longitude: 3°5'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.694166666667,-3.0841666666667
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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminite
ChalcopyriteCheniteConnelliteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeLepidocrocite
MalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSulphur

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Redgillite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24523502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523502734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452350919
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O2452350150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452350413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452350450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424523505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)62452350359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452350178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)2245235027
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)6245235040
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O24523503531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24523502600
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O2452350295
Copper  (*)CopperCu24523503846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62452350151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162452350227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24523504165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162452350599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523507437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24523501689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452350201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523501066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624523502228
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6245235041
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)245235097
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452350265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452350581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2452350770
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl245235032
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523501107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2452350362
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl245235071
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452350170
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452350477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O245235045
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102452350312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22452350454
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523501153
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)245235025
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)62452350134
Silver  (*)CopperAg24523505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24523502045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2245235099
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO24523501101
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523501655


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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