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Locality Name:
Sherry Gill, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 397
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 4864
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4864.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sherry Gill, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°29'12"N
Longitude: 2°42'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.486666666667,-2.7130555555556
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 Ba Ca Cl F Fe H O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Ca Cl F Fe H O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteFluoriteGypsumNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39723509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)397235011547
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239723509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS397235024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O39723506890
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl39723501107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2397235039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839723509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2397235061156


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 
Mo-00065397391 Rb-Sr    YesKoechlinite, Molybdenite, WulfeniteMo4683Shap Pink Quarry, Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK Wadge et al. (1978)10.1144/pygs.42.2.297PYGPS42_297 

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