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Locality Name:
Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 18693
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18693.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°44'52"N
Longitude: 7°40'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.747777777778,-7.6730555555556
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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumGeocroniteGypsumLöllingite
MarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gratonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3592700445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35927009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)359270011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435927005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113592700843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS335927001089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)359270027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359270027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3592700966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235927009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359270024243
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15359270024
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3359270014640
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S233592700105
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235927005674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3592700633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3592700767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2359270052
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O3592700105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359270039462
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3359270064
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S43592700249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359270021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3592700332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335927001803
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS3592700293


2 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
sedexmvt-00174350270350 Ma (Ar-Ar); 315 Ma (Ar-Ar); 340 Ma (Ar-Ar); 277±7 Ma (paleomagnetism)paleomag, Ar-Ar       18693Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, IrelandLisheenTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00258359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        18693Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, IrelandLisheenSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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