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Locality Name:
Muckross Mine, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 375
Youngest recorded age at locality: 345

mindat Locality ID: 2052
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2052.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Muckross Mine, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°0'57"N
Longitude: 9°31'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.015833333333,-9.5322222222222
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 As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDevilline
GypsumLöllingiteLinariteNonePerovskitePyriteRocksaltSkutteruditeSmolyaninoviteSphalerite
TetrahedriteVivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Alloclasite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Devilline  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Monohydrocalcite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Phaunouxite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rauenthalite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smolyaninovite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS375345056
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)37534503250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37534509052
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)637534501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)375345027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2375345027198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3753450366
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3753450814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS375345024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O37534506890
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6375345065
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)637534501066
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O3753450149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23753450987
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl37534501107
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O375345055
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3753450492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O3753450124
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O375345014
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3753450309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2375345039462
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O375345023
Silver  (*)CopperAg37534505186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33753450531
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O375345013
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS375345021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1337534501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337534505317


1 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
MD37_495-1375345360±15Pb/Pb       2052Muckross Mine, Killarney, Co. Kerry, IrelandMuckross Mine, Killarney, IrelandKinnaird et al. (2002)10.1007/s00126-001-0252-5MD37_495Table 5

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