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Locality Name:
Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 2037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°38'49"N
Longitude: 7°44'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.646944444444,-7.7366666666667

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: Ag Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteJalpaiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)359347011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359347027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235934709895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123593470663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359347024243
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS23593470116
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS335934701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359347039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359347061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359347021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1335934705317



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00171359347Early Mississippian host rock age      2037Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IrelandGarrycamTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00173359347Early Mississippian host rock age      2037Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IrelandKeelTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00257359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        2037Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IrelandKeel/GarrycamSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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