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Locality Name:
Glendasan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland


mindat Locality ID: 157059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glendasan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Foxrock Mine
Hollyrock Lode
Moll Doyle Mine
North Hero Lode
Old Luganure Mine
Ruplagh Mine (Rupla Mine)
West Ruplagh Lode

Latitude: 53°1'35"N
Longitude: 6°21'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.026388888889,-6.365

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrewsteriteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCoronaditeFluoriteHarmotomeKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurVivianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brewsterite-Ba  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Coronadite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Harmotome  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Redgillite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)268084,680882734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O168086445
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7168084450
Brewsterite-Ba  (*)BrewsteriteBa(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O1680889
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6268087,680881633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)268086,6808727770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6168088359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)368084,68087,680884979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2268085,6809027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O268085,680873531
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16168088227
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1680872970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21680889617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS668085,68086,68087,68088,68089,6809024243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O268084,68088290
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O368084,68087,680881689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41680865591
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O16808660
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2268084,68088265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2468084,68085,68087,68088987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2368085,68087,6808812537
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O16808440
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216808639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl368084,68087,680881725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2268087,6808861156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O16808745
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10168088312
Silver  (*)CopperAg1680875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS668084,68086,68087,68088,68089,6809021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1680882045
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O16808795
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4268084,680881655



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