Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	1	119642	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	2	119638,119639	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	2	119637,119638	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	5	119637,119638,119640,119641,119642	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	235	1	119637	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	1	119638	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	3	119637,119640,119641	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	5	119637,119638,119640,119641,119642	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	4	119637,119638,119640,119641	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	245	235	2	119637,119642	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	2	119638,119642	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	1	119637	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	245	235	1	119637	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	235	2	119637,119638	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	245	235	1	119638	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	245	235	2	119638,119639	5317

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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