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Locality Name:
Croghan Kinshela Mountain, Co. Wicklow, Ireland


mindat Locality ID: 18017
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18017.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Croghan Kinshela Mountain, Co. Wicklow, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gold Mines River

Latitude: 52°49'27"N
Longitude: 6°15'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.824166666667,-6.2552777777778
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: Al As Au Ca Cu F Fe Mg Mo O Pb Pt S Si Sn Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMolybdeniteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSpinelTopazZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Topaz  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1680779052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61680772060
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21680775171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216807727198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31680771797
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16807724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16807730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316807714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31680775433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416807714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21680775800
Platinum  (*)CopperPt168077485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216807739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216807761156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41680771934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21680771476
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1680775251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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