Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 26485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eskdale, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Beckfoot Quarry
Blea Tarn Mine
Boot
Brant Rake Mine
Eskdale Moor Mine
South Cumberland Mine
Spothow Gill
Water Crag
Whillan Beck Trial

Latitude: 54°23'26"N
Longitude: 3°16'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.390555555556,-3.2730555555556

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	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Quartz

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 Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite None Quartz

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andalusite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*
Langite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*

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
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	245	235	1	119503	1310
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	1	119502	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	245	235	2	119498,119501	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	1	119495	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	245	235	7	119496,119498,119499,119500,119501,119502,119504	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	245	235	1	119502	593
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	245	235	1	119502	309
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	235	1	119502	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	245	235	1	119498	312

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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