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Locality Name:
Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1423
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1423.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burdell Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°40'54"N
Longitude: 3°4'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.681666666667,-3.0747222222222
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: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Si W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteBaryteBerauniteCalciteCarminiteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeDufrénite
FeldsparLepidocrociteNonePharmacosideriteQuartzRutileScheeliteTourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Strengite  (*)Switzerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O2452350150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2452350136
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62452350413
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)22452350178
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O162452350599
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O2452350139
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24523507437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245235014640
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6245235041
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452350581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2452350770
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl24523501107
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24523502349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2452350428
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452350170
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO224523503106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)24523501711
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102452350312
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)24523504894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)24523502705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O24523501153
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452350263
Switzerite  (*)NoneMn2+3(PO4)2·7H2O245235021


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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