Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Co. Kilkenny, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 281

mindat Locality ID: 157067
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157067.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Kilkenny, Ireland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Johnstown
Kilkenny
Thomastown (Grennan)

Latitude: 52°39'34"N
Longitude: 7°19'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.659444444444,-7.3297222222222

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Gypsum	Jalpaite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boyleite ()*
Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copiapite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jalpaite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
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 Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copiapite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Gypsum Jalpaite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Starkeyite Tetrahedrite

36 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	359	281	1	67956	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	359	281	1	67956	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	281	1	67956	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	359	281	1	67956	5516
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	359	281	1	67956	23
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O			1	67957	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	281	1	67956	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	359	281	1	67956	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	359	281	1	67956	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	281	1	67956	27198
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	359	281	1	67956	382
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	281	1	67956	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	359	281	1	67956	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	281	1	67956	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	281	1	67956	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	281	1	67956	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	281	2	67956,67958	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	359	281	1	67956	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	359	281	1	67956	1066
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	359	281	1	67956	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	359	281	1	67956	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	359	281	1	67956	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	281	1	67956	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	359	281	1	67956	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	359	281	1	67956	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	359	281	1	67956	471
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	359	281	1	67956	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	281	1	67956	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	281	1	67956	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	359	281	1	67956	293
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	359	281	1	67956	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	359	281	1	67956	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	281	1	67956	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	359	281	1	67956	589
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	281	1	67956	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	359	281	1	67956	5317

2 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
	sedexmvt-00170	299	281	290±9 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag										18697	Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland	Galmoy	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00254	359	347	Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian											18697	Galmoy Mine, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland	Galmoy	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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