Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 189826
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189826.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Browns Vein
Dobbies Vein
Glengonnar Shaft (Brow And Browns Veins)
Lammingtons Vein
Wilsons Shaft (Brown's Vein)

Latitude: 55°24'30"N
Longitude: 3°45'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.408333333333,-3.7611111111111

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite
Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Mottramite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite
Diaspore Linarite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite

29 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)	3	122922,122923,122924	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	122920,122921,122924	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	122920,122924	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	122920,122921,122922,122923,122924	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	122920,122921,122922,122923,122924	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	122920,122921,122922,122923,122924	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	3531
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	122922	175
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	3	122920,122921,122924	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	122922	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	122920,122921,122922,122923,122924	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	122920,122921,122922	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	122923	1689
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	122922,122923,122924	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	122923,122924	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	122924	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	122920,122924	1107
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	122924	362
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	5	122920,122921,122922,122923,122924	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	122922	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	122920,122921,122922,122924	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	3	122920,122921,122924	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	122924	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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