Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 24321
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24321.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whitehaven, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barrowmouth Alabaster Mine
Overend Quarry
Sandwith Mine

Latitude: 54°31'32"N
Longitude: 3°35'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.525555555556,-3.5902777777778

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.

Baryte	Clay	Clinozoisite	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Clinozoisite Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Gypsum Mica None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	245	235	2	119551,119553	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	245	235	1	119553	11547
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	1	119553	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	245	235	1	119552	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	1	119553	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	245	235	1	119553	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	245	235	1	119551	6890
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	1	119553	201
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	245	235	1	119552	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	235	1	119552	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	1	119553	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	245	235	1	119552	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	245	235	1	119552	5251

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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