Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Co. Cork, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 14239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Cork, Ireland": 63
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Beara Peninsula
Blackrock
Clonakilty
Crosshaven
Glandore
Kinsale
Mallow
Mizen Peninsula
Owenahincha
Rosscarbery
Sheeps Head Peninsula
Skibbereen
Tracton

Latitude: 51°41'14"N
Longitude: 8°59'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.687222222222,-8.9847222222222

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	Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Beraunite	Bournonite	Braunite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline
Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wavellite

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Beraunite Bournonite Braunite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Connellite Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline
Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Molybdenite Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wavellite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wavellite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	67771,67794,67796,67801,67805	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	67773	3092
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	67794	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	67794,67810	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	67762	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	6	67773,67785,67787,67789,67794,67801	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9	67769,67773,67785,67793,67794,67796,67801,67804,67809	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	67775	136
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	67785	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	67785	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	10	67758,67773,67778,67785,67787,67789,67793,67794,67796,67801	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	2	67762,67801	49
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	67764,67794	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	67773	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	5	67764,67773,67787,67796,67801	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	67764,67785,67789,67793,67794,67796,67801	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	67762	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	67764,67778,67785	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	18	67759,67761,67764,67769,67773,67778,67785,67787,67789,67791,67793,67794,67796,67801,67809,67812,67813,67814	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	67784,67796,67801	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	67785	1756
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	4	67764,67773,67794,67801	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	67762,67773	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	67773	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	67801	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	67762,67773,67801	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	67764	366
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	67794	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	67794	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	67785,67794,67814	9895
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	67785	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	67769,67794,67810	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	67773	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	67785	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	67785	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	67773,67785,67794,67796,67801,67805	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	4	67762,67764,67787,67796	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	67773	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67785	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13	67760,67773,67785,67787,67789,67791,67793,67794,67796,67801,67809,67812,67813	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	67773	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	67785	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	67794	158
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	67785	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	67801	945
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	67787,67801	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	67764,67769,67785,67789,67792,67794,67810	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	67773	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	67759,67760,67761,67764,67766,67771,67773,67779,67782,67785,67789,67791,67792,67793,67794,67796,67801,67803,67805,67807,67809,67810,67812,67813,67814,67817	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	67773	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67801	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	67794	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	67764,67785,67789,67794,67810	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	67764,67794	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	67778	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	8	67758,67782,67785,67787,67794,67796,67801,67810	5317
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	3	67776,67817,67818	374
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	67794	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060090	Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland	https://rruff.info/R060090

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