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Locality Name:
Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°46'16"N
Longitude: 2°24'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.771111111111,-2.4072222222222
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCubaniteDevillineGypsum
KtenasiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNonePerovskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSkutteruditeSmolyaninoviteSphaleriteSpinelVivianite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24523502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523502734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523503092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452350445
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3245235053
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2452350966
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452350366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452350814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS2452350131
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523506890
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452350987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224523505674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2452350633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As32452350176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2452350767
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS324523501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824523509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22452350233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs22452350317
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2452350142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452350292
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32452350531
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O245235013
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42452350586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3245235062
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S42452350380
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O245235095


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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