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Locality Name:
Smallcleugh Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 1471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1471.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 54°46'52"N
Longitude: 2°19'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.781111111111,-2.3294444444444
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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteDevillineEpsomiteFluoriteGypsum
KtenasiteMalachiteMelanteriteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurUllmanniteVivianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bottinoite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224523503092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452350445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24523503250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235011547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)62452350132
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72452350450
Bottinoite  (*)NoneNiSb5+2(OH)12·6H2O245235016
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4245235079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245235027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245235027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224523509895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235024243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O2452350188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24523506890
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O2452350341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624523501066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624523502228
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O245235075
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2452350915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS24523501066
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O245235058
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245235039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2452350142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O2452350292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)24523506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24523502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245235021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24523502045
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2452350293


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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