Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rotherhope Fell Mine (Rodderup Fell Mine), Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 5329
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5329.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rotherhope Fell Mine (Rodderup Fell Mine), Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 54°46'41"N
Longitude: 2°27'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.778055555556,-2.4663888888889

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.

Calcite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

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 F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Co F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	80	27770
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	80	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	80	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	80	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	80	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	80	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	80	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Lucy_006	Carboniferous Limestone in Northern Pennines and Permian Magnesian Limestone

2 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
	Lucy_006	80	0	260 ±60	Pb isotope abundance	Age of Pb isotopes on galena		galena				Galena			5329	Rotherhope Fell Mine (Rodderup Fell Mine), Black Burn Area, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England, UK	Rotherhope Fell, Alston Moor	Dunham et al. (1968)		PRSL307_251

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