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Locality Name:
Windy Brow Vein, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 4802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Windy Brow Vein, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°44'14"N
Longitude: 2°21'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.737222222222,-2.3572222222222

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	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: C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
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
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	245	235	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	245	235	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	235	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	235	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	235	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	235	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	245	235	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	235	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	245	235	1725
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

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