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Locality Name:
Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 4759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cleator Moor Iron Mines, Cleator Moor, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°30'58"N
Longitude: 3°30'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.516111111111,-3.5061111111111

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	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel

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: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Lepidocrocite None Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	245	235	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	245	235	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	245	235	581
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	245	235	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	61156

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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