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Locality Name:
Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 189829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Belton Grain Vein
Crawfords Vein
Goldscaur Vein
High Pirn Mine (Belton Grain Vein And New Vein)
Lochnell Vein
New Vein
Straitstep Vein (Margaret's Vein)
Weirs Vein

Latitude: 55°24'14"N
Longitude: 3°46'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.403888888889,-3.7811111111111

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCorundumDescloizite
DevillineDiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteVeszelyiteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Corkite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mottramite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Veszelyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3122327,122332,1223332734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211223333092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11223333250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112233311547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61122330413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2122329,12233327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61122327359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)4122327,122330,122332,1223334979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22122327,12233327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3122327,122330,1223333531
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)62122327,122330151
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2112233054
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)112233081
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2122327,122332378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1122327366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5122327,122330,122332,122333,12233424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4122327,122329,122332,1223337437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1122333717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32122327,12233314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2122327,1223331689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21122327201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611223331066
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)2122327,12233397
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1122327593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22122327,122333265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21122327987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23122327,122330,12233312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22122327,1223335674
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl112232732
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11223271107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2122327,122330362
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl112232771
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO23122327,122330,122332158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61122330170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23122327,122329,12233339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl4122327,122330,122332,1223331725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25122327,122329,122330,122332,12233361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2122327,12233321482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112232799
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3122327,122330,122332605
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O112233320



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