Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lough Dan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 196064
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-196064.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lough Dan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Brown Mountain
Lough Dan Mine

Latitude: 53°4'24"N
Longitude: 6°18'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.073333333333,-6.3063888888889

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Feldspar	Linarite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Vesuvianite

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Feldspar Linarite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Vesuvianite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	68099	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	68099	1036
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	68100	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	68100	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	68100	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	68100	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	68100	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	68100	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	68099,68100	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	68100	21482
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	68098,68099	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	68100	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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