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Locality Name:
Ennerdale And Kinniside, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 26815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ennerdale And Kinniside, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bowness Knott
Brown How
Clews Gill
Crag Fell
Iron Crag
Kinniside Mine

Latitude: 54°31'13"N
Longitude: 3°23'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.520277777778,-3.3836111111111
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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLinarite
NonePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2452352119488,1194898803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24523511194932734
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)24523511194881036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O624523511194882060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245235111949311547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)624523511194931633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24523511194934979
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24523511194888173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224523511194939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245235111949324243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32452352119490,11949214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324523511194885433
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452351119493265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22452351119493987
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)22452351119490210
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24523511194882349
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl24523511194931725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245235111949161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22452352119488,1194895614
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424523511194931655


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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