Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 18712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shallee Mine, Shallee Mountain, Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°47'31"N
Longitude: 8°17'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.791944444444,-8.2875

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Malachite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	365	265	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	365	265	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	365	265	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	365	265	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	365	265	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	365	265	1089
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	365	265	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	365	265	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	365	265	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	365	265	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	365	265	7437
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	365	265	170
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	365	265	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	365	265	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	365	265	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	365	265	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	365	265	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	365	265	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	365	265	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	365	265	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-00179	365	265	269±4 Ma (paleomagnetism); 360±5 Ma (Rb-Sr on sphalerite)	paleomag, Rb-Sr						Yes				4495	Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Silvermines	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00263	365	355	360±5							Yes				4495	Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Silvermines	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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