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Locality Name:
Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 31575
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31575.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cornriggs Vein
Rotherhope Fell Mine (Rodderup Fell Mine)

Latitude: 54°45'13"N
Longitude: 2°27'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.753611111111,-2.4527777777778
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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Vivianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224523511195625509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)800111956327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S24523511195625707
Copper  (*)CopperCu24523511195623846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24523511195622970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O8001119563814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF280011195639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS800111956324243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245235111956212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2800111956339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224502119562,11956361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS800111956321482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Lucy_006Carboniferous Limestone in Northern Pennines and Permian Magnesian Limestone


2 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 
Lucy_006800260 ±60Pb isotope abundanceAge of Pb isotopes on galenagalena   Galena  5329Rotherhope Fell Mine (Rodderup Fell Mine), Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UKRotherhope Fell, Alston MoorDunham et al. (1968) PRSL307_251 

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