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Locality Name:
Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1447
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1447.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silver Gill, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°41'48"N
Longitude: 3°5'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.696666666667,-3.0877777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bechererite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lanarkite ()*
Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*
Redgillite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Susannite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay
Connellite Copper Covellite Diaspore Ktenasite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Sulphur

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	245	235	2734
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	11547
Bechererite ()*	None	Zn₇Cu(OH)₁₃[SiO(OH)₃(SO₄)]	245	235	16
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	245	235	450
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	245	235	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	245	235	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	245	235	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	245	235	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	245	235	2600
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	245	235	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	245	235	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	245	235	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	245	235	2970
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	245	235	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	245	235	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	245	235	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	245	235	2228
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	245	235	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	245	235	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	245	235	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	245	235	1107
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	245	235	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	245	235	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	245	235	68
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	245	235	45
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	245	235	142
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	245	235	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	235	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	245	235	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	99
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	245	235	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	245	235	1655

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

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