Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 485
Youngest recorded age at locality: 444

mindat Locality ID: 157060
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157060.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ballygahan Mine
Ballymurtagh Mine
Connary Mine (Connorree Mine)
Cronebane Mine
Kilmacoo Mine (East Cronebane Mine)
Tigroney Mine (East Avoca Open Pit; St. Patrick's Mine)

Latitude: 52°52'38"N
Longitude: 6°12'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.877222222222,-6.2163888888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Epsomite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Epsomite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	485	444	1	68070	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	485	444	3	68065,68066,68068	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	485	444	1	68070	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	485	444	1	68070	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	485	444	2	68067,68069	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	485	444	6	68065,68066,68067,68068,68069,68070	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	485	444	4	68066,68067,68068,68070	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	485	444	1	68066	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	485	444	5	68066,68067,68068,68069,68070	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	485	444	3	68066,68067,68069	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	485	444	1	68068	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	485	444	1	68070	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	485	444	2	68065,68066	12537
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	485	444	1	68070	84
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	485	444	6	68065,68066,68067,68068,68069,68070	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	485	444	5	68065,68066,68067,68068,68070	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	485	444	2	68068,68069	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	485	444	5	68066,68067,68068,68069,68070	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	485	444	1	68068	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	485	444	2	68067,68069	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	485	444	1	68070	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	485	444	5	68065,68066,68067,68068,68069	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	485	444	2	68066,68070	5317

1 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
	vms-00504	485	444	Ordovician											2058	Tigroney Mine (East Avoca Open Pit; St. Patrick's Mine), Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland	Avoca	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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