Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wilsons Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 25554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wilsons Vein, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°24'21"N
Longitude: 3°46'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.405833333333,-3.7816666666667

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Linarite
Malachite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

Anglesite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Creaseyite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mattheddleite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scotlandite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si V

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Caledonite Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Linarite
Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	27
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	32
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	71
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scotlandite ()*	None	Pb(S⁴⁺O₃)	25

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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