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Locality Name:
Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 385
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 2054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°31'18"N
Longitude: 8°11'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.521666666667,-8.1866666666667
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 As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSmolyaninovite
SphaleriteTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gortdrumite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smolyaninovite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238532005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)385320011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438532005516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O63853200248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)385320027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S38532005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2385320027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS38532002600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3853200966
Copper  (*)CopperCu38532003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS38532004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S38532001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163853200300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)238532009895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3853200814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)38532007437
Gortdrumite  (*)NoneCu24Fe2Hg9S2338532005
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3385320014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2385320012537
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS3853200255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2385320017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2385320039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2385320061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg38532005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33853200531
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O385320013
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS385320021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3853200332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1338532001803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O3853200245
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33853200297


5 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
Emily000268360320 U-Pb whole rock     2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumb MineDuane et al. (1986)10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2G14_477error is (+25)-20; age constrains uranium and base-metal mineralizing events
Emily000269385333359±26Pb-Pb whole rock     2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumb MineDuane et al. (1986)10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2G14_477 
Emily000270381337359±22Rb-Sr glauconite     2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumb MineDuane et al. (1986)10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2G14_477Missouri glauconites
Hg-00018385320 U-Pb, Pb-Pb     Cinnabar, GortdrumiteHg2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Duane et al. (1986); Duane (1988)   
sedznpb-00255385333359±26        2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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