Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 25857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite None Quartz Rocksalt

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Dypingite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	245	235	3092
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	245	235	50
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	24243
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	245	235	341
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	245	235	492
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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040037	Alston Moor District, Cumbria, England, UK	https://rruff.info/R040037

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