Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Laxey, Isle Of Man

mindat Locality ID: 2062
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2062.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laxey, Isle Of Man": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Great Laxey Mine
North Laxey Mine
Snaefell

Latitude: 54°15'20"N
Longitude: 4°25'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.255555555556,-4.4219444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gratonite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	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: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Melanterite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	68134	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	68134	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	68133,68134	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	68133,68136	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	68133,68134	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	68133,68134,68136	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	68136	2812
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	1	68134	24
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	68134	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68134,68136	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	68134,68136	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	68133,68134	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	68136	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	68133,68134,68136	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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