Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 2040
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2040.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballygown South Mine, Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°47'20"N
Longitude: 8°14'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.788888888889,-8.2347222222222

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Dundasite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Dundasite Lepidocrocite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	365	265	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	365	265	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	365	265	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	365	265	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	365	265	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	365	265	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	365	265	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	365	265	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	365	265	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	365	265	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	365	265	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	365	265	1066
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	365	265	581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	365	265	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	365	265	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	365	265	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	365	265	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	365	265	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	365	265	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	365	265	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	365	265	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	365	265	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	365	265	21482

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00179	365	265	269±4 Ma (paleomagnetism); 360±5 Ma (Rb-Sr on sphalerite)	paleomag, Rb-Sr						Yes				4495	Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Silvermines	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00263	365	355	360±5							Yes				4495	Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Silvermines	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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