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Locality Name:
Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

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

mindat Locality ID: 2061
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2061.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines), Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 52°47'39"N
Longitude: 8°16'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.794166666667,-8.2680555555556
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeGeocroniteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianiteXanthoconite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)Argyrodite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S36526502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)36526502734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)236526503092
Argentotennantite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteAg6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13365265014
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6365265062
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)365265011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113652650843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS336526501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)365265027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S36526505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2365265027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS36526504165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236526509895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3652650814
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123652650663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS365265024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S233652650133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36526507437
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS3652650170
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3365265014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O36526501689
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S233652650105
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23652650987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23652650762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2365265012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS236526505674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS23652650300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2365265017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3652650767
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33652650733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS336526501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365265039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl36526501725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S836526509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2365265061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)36526506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg36526505186
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS2365265011
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)36526502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS365265021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1336526501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1336526505317
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3365265089


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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