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Locality Name:
Knockanroe Mine, Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

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

mindat Locality ID: 204467
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204467.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 52°47'17"N
Longitude: 8°14'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.788055555556,-8.2416666666667
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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteDiasporeLinariteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Linarite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)36526502734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36526509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)365265011547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)36526504979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236526509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS365265024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36526507437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O36526501689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23652650987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS236526505674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365265039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S836526509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2365265061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)36526506417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)36526502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS365265021482


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-00179365265269±4 Ma (paleomagnetism); 360±5 Ma (Rb-Sr on sphalerite)paleomag, Rb-Sr    Yes  4495Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, IrelandSilverminesTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00263365355360±5     Yes  4495Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, IrelandSilverminesSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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