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Locality Name:
Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 208927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laverock Hall, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Laverock Hall Vein
Sarrowcole Vein

Latitude: 55°24'43"N
Longitude: 3°46'8"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.411944444444,-3.7688888888889

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: Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11229142734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22122913,1229143092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11229133250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112291411547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2122913,12291427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2122913,1229144979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22122913,12291427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11229143531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211229139895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2122913,12291424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11229147437
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)112291497
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22122913,122914987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22122913,12291412537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22122913,12291439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2122913,1229141725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22122913,12291461156



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