Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 189823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Broadlaw Vein
Reids Vein & Wilsons Vein
Straitbrae Vein

Latitude: 55°25'22"N
Longitude: 3°45'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.422777777778,-3.7511111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	122900,122901	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	122900	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122900	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122900	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	122900,122901	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122900	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	122900,122901,122902	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	122900,122901	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	122900,122901	1689
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	122900,122901,122902	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122900,122901	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122900	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	122900	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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