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Locality Name:
Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 189827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Brow Vein
Claystring Vein
East Stayvoyage Vein
George Roust Vein
Hopeful Vein
Katrine Vein
Lady Anne Hopetoun Shaft (Brow And Hopeful Veins)
Scar Vein
Stay The Voyage Vein
West Stayvoyage Vein

Latitude: 55°24'29"N
Longitude: 3°46'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.408055555556,-3.77

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChenite
CorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMonaziteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphur

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cassedanneite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mattheddleite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Phoenicochroite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scotlandite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Steverustite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)4122936,122940,122942,1229432734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24122936,122937,122941,1229423092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11229423250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)4122936,122940,122941,12294211547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611229401633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5122936,122937,122941,122942,12294527770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)63122940,122942,122943359
Cassedanneite  (*)NonePb5(VO4)2(CrO4)2·H2O11229423
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)9122936,122937,122938,122939,122940,122941,122942,122943,1229454979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26122936,122937,122939,122941,122942,12294327198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)62122940,12294340
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5122936,122937,122940,122942,1229433531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11229424165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)112294081
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2122940,122943378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10122936,122937,122938,122939,122940,122941,122942,122943,122944,12294524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4122936,122938,122941,1229457437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32122936,12294114640
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22122942,122943201
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)3122940,122942,12294397
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1122940593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)23122940,122942,122943265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24122940,122941,122942,122943987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25122936,122937,122940,122941,12294212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211229365674
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl3122940,122942,12294332
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)4122938,122940,122942,122943362
Phoenicochroite  (*)NonePb2O(CrO4)112294035
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61122940170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23122936,122941,12294239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl9122936,122937,122938,122939,122940,122941,122942,122943,1229451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27122936,122937,122938,122939,122940,122942,12294561156
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)3122940,122942,12294325
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2122936,12294221482
Steverustite  (*)NonePb2+5(OH)5[Cu1+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)23122940,122942,12294317
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11229402045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22122940,12294399
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl4122936,122940,122942,122943605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42122938,1229401655



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060764Lady Anne Hopetoun Shaft (Brow And Hopeful Veins), Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060764


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