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Locality Name:
Mallerstang, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 53225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mallerstang, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Birkett Common Mine
Clouds Veins
Cumpston Hill
Dalefoot Level
Great Bell Workings
High Stennerskeugh

Latitude: 54°24'39"N
Longitude: 2°21'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.410833333333,-2.3569444444444

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62452351119642919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22452352119638,1196395509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452352119637,11963811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452355119637,119638,119640,119641,11964227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523511196374979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235111963827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22452353119637,119640,1196419895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22452355119637,119638,119640,119641,1196429617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452354119637,119638,119640,11964124243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2452352119637,1196421689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452352119638,11964212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235111963739462
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523511196372473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452352119637,11963821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324523511196381803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132452352119638,1196395317



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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