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Locality Name:
Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 329

mindat Locality ID: 2038
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2038.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 53°39'20"N
Longitude: 6°43'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.655555555556,-6.7166666666667
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 Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArgyroditeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCylindriteGypsumHarmotomeMarcasite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Argyrodite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cylindrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Franckeite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minrecordite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6350329062
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)350329011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113503290843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)350329027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2350329027198
Cylindrite  (*)CylindriteFePb3Sn4Sb2S14350329017
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)235032909895
Franckeite  (*)CylindritePb21.7Sn9.3Fe4.0Sb8.1S56.9350329052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS350329024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O35032906890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O3503290290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3350329014640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235032905674
Minrecordite  (*)NoneCaZn(CO3)235032908
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2350329039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2350329061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S213503290165
Silver  (*)CopperAg35032905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS350329021482


2 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-00176337329333±4 Ma (paleomagnetism)paleomag       2038Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, IrelandNavanTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00260350350350        2038Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, IrelandNavanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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