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:
Glan Mines, Oughterard, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 102681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glan Mines, Oughterard, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Curraghduff
Derroura
Leamnaheltia Mine

Latitude: 53°28'21"N
Longitude: 9°25'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.4725,-9.4166666666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

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 Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Langite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	67909,67911	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	67909,67910,67911	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	67909	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67909	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	67909	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	67909,67910,67911	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	67909	593
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	67909,67910	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	67909,67910,67911	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	67909,67911	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67909	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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