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Locality Name:
Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 375
Youngest recorded age at locality: 345

mindat Locality ID: 17918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lough Leane
Muckross Mine

Latitude: 52°1'30"N
Longitude: 9°32'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.025,-9.5344444444444

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 C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargite
FeldsparGypsumLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSmolyaninoviteSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

74 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Franklinite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Phaunouxite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rauenthalite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1679508803
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS37534516795156
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21679502162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1679502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3753451679513250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS375345267950,679519052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6167950919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21679505509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41679505516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb167950175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6375345267950,679511633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)375345267950,6795127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6167950359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1679504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1679505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2375345267950,6795127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41679503902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS167950966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1679503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1679504165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3167950802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1679502970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2167950144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O375345167951366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1679501027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16167950300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21679509895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4167950910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O375345167951814
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)167950371
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O416795052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS375345267950,6795124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1679507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC1679502812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3753451679516890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316795014640
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)637534516795165
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6375345267950,679511066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31679505433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O167950593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O375345167951149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2375345267950,67951987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2167950762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416795014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216795012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21679505674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3753451679511107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21679505800
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O37534516795155
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216795017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)375345267950,67951492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O375345167951124
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O37534516795114
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O375345167951309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2375345267950,6795139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21679503106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81679509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216795061156
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O37534516795123
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21679505614
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O167950292
Silver  (*)CopperAg375345267950,679515186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3375345167951531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1679502473
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O37534516795113
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS375345267950,6795121482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2816795073
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS167950332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13375345267950,679511803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1679501101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13375345267950,679515317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O167950245
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S816795070
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1679505251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
MD37_495-1375345360±15Pb/Pb       2052Muckross Mine, Killarney, Co. Kerry, IrelandMuckross Mine, Killarney, IrelandKinnaird et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-001-0252-5MD37_495Table 5


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