Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 443.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 185

mindat Locality ID: 20940
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20940.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 95
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 66

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Auchencairn
Barlocco
Blackcraig
Carnsmuir
Carsphairn
Cassencarie
Colvend Mine
Creetown
Dalbeattie
Dundrennan
Eskdale
Gatehouse Of Fleet
Girthon
Kinharvie Burn
Kirkbean
Mabie Forest
Moffat
Needle's Eye
New Abbey
New Galloway
Newton Stewart
Sanquhar
Screel Hill
Solway Firth
Southerness
Wanlockhead

Latitude: 55°0'10"N
Longitude: 3°53'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.002777777778,-3.8977777777778

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Atacamite	Autunite	Baryte	Bismutite
Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chenite	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copiapite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Löllingite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Matlockite	Melonite	Meta-autunite	Millerite	Mixite	Molybdenite	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Schoepite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Tyrolite	Ullmannite	Veszelyite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Se Si Te Ti U V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Atacamite Autunite Baryte Bismutite
Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chenite Clinozoisite Connellite Copiapite Copper
Corundum Covellite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Löllingite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Matlockite Melonite Meta-autunite Millerite Mixite Molybdenite Monazite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Schoepite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline
Tyrolite Ullmannite Veszelyite Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

140 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentopentlandite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismoclite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Boltwoodite ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*
Corkite ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Covellite ()*	Creaseyite ()*
Crocoite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*
Duftite ()*	Elyite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Eulytine ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Irarsite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kahlerite ()*	Kegelite ()*
Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Mattheddleite ()*	Merenskyite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Metakahlerite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*
Plattnerite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Plumbonacrite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Redgillite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schmiederite ()*
Schoepite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scotlandite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Steverustite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Sundiusite ()*
Susannite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Uranospinite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Vandendriesscheite ()*	Veszelyite ()*	Walpurgite ()*	Widenmannite ()*
Witherite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	122294	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			11	122319,122321,122322,122327,122332,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			5	122271,122318,122320,122324,122333	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	443.8	185	4	122261,122265,122266,122296	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			7	122271,122272,122316,122318,122319,122322,122333	3250
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈			1	122308	67
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	443.8	185	5	122266,122268,122269,122296,122313	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	122310	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			3	122272,122320,122335	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	122264	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	443.8	185	12	122248,122249,122251,122252,122266,122276,122296,122320,122333,122336,122338,122339	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	122330	413
Bismoclite ()*	Matlockite	BiOCl	443.8	185	4	122266,122268,122269,122296	71
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	443.8	185	2	122268,122296	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	443.8	185	2	122266,122296	716
Boltwoodite ()*	None	(K,Na)(UO₂)(SiO₃OH)·1.5H₂O	185	185	3	122266,122269,122296	67
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	443.8	185	5	122252,122266,122272,122296,122313	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	443.8	185	3	122266,122271,122296	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	443.8	185	10	122255,122266,122271,122293,122296,122319,122335,122336,122338,122339	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	443.8	185	22	122251,122266,122270,122271,122272,122276,122287,122288,122290,122294,122296,122315,122318,122320,122324,122325,122329,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			6	122319,122321,122327,122336,122338,122341	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			16	122284,122318,122319,122320,122321,122322,122325,122327,122330,122332,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	122282	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			3	122252,122272,122341	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	443.8	185	20	122248,122251,122252,122255,122266,122270,122271,122272,122281,122284,122296,122306,122318,122321,122324,122327,122333,122335,122339,122341	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			3	122319,122336,122338	40
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			11	122284,122318,122321,122327,122330,122333,122335,122336,122338,122339,122341	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	443.8	185	9	122252,122262,122266,122268,122269,122271,122272,122296,122313	295
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O			1	122316	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	122319	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			3	122327,122330,122338	151
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	443.8	185	3	122266,122268,122296	109
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			1	122330	54
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	443.8	185	2	122266,122296	4165
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O			2	122336,122341	27
Crocoite ()*	Monazite Baryte	Pb(CrO₄)			1	122330	81
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	122319	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			5	122320,122327,122332,122336,122338	378
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			2	122319,122327	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	443.8	185	8	122266,122271,122272,122296,122305,122318,122320,122321	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	122336	220
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			3	122319,122336,122338	85
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	122294	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	443.8	185	3	122266,122296,122320	814
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	443.8	185	2	122266,122296	72
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O			1	122311	345
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂			1	122306	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			17	122255,122284,122318,122319,122320,122321,122325,122327,122330,122332,122333,122334,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			14	122250,122290,122291,122300,122324,122327,122329,122332,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	122306	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS			2	122333,122335	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	443.8	185	6	122262,122266,122271,122287,122296,122319	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	443.8	185	25	122248,122250,122251,122252,122266,122274,122275,122276,122290,122291,122294,122296,122299,122300,122301,122311,122318,122321,122324,122327,122333,122336,122338,122339,122341	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			9	122318,122320,122321,122327,122333,122335,122336,122338,122339	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			4	122327,122336,122338,122339	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	122318,122333	1066
Irarsite ()*	Pyrite	IrAsS			1	122306	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			3	122287,122336,122338	2228
Kahlerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	185	185	4	122266,122268,122269,122296	12
Kegelite ()*	None	Pb₄Al₂Si₄O₁₀(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₄			1	122321	4
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			8	122318,122319,122327,122333,122336,122338,122339,122341	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	443.8	185	9	122255,122266,122296,122319,122320,122327,122336,122338,122341	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	122319	18
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	443.8	185	4	122266,122268,122271,122296	149
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			10	122284,122319,122321,122327,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			9	122284,122318,122319,122321,122327,122336,122338,122339,122341	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO			1	122319	139
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	122266	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	122336	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	443.8	185	23	122248,122251,122252,122262,122266,122268,122270,122271,122272,122281,122284,122293,122296,122319,122321,122327,122330,122333,122335,122336,122338,122339,122341	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	122285	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	122255,122327,122333	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	122308	252
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl			4	122327,122336,122338,122341	32
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂			1	122306	155
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	185	185	3	122266,122268,122296	388
Metakahlerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	185	185	4	122266,122268,122269,122296	18
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	185	185	3	122266,122268,122296	182
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe			1	122306	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	122255	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	122327	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	443.8	185	2	122266,122296	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	122267,122311	5800
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O			1	122319	55
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)			6	122320,122327,122330,122336,122338,122341	362
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	443.8	185	5	122261,122266,122296,122307,122320	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			2	122306,122307	767
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			1	122319	46
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	122317	1512
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl			3	122327,122338,122341	71
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂			3	122327,122330,122332	158
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	122330	170
Plumbonacrite ()*	None	Pb₅(CO₃)₃O(OH)₂			1	122316	13
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			2	122255,122319	309
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	122249	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			16	122248,122252,122266,122271,122287,122307,122308,122315,122318,122320,122321,122327,122329,122333,122337,122339	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			14	122282,122284,122316,122320,122321,122327,122330,122332,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	122306,122307,122317	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	443.8	185	42	122248,122249,122250,122251,122252,122266,122269,122270,122271,122272,122274,122275,122276,122282,122284,122285,122288,122291,122295,122296,122299,122300,122301,122302,122308,122311,122314,122318,122320,122321,122324,122325,122327,122329,122330,122332,122333,122336,122337,122338,122339,122341	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			2	122261,122320	233
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O			1	122319	45
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	122261	55
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀			1	122285	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	122291,122298	5614
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄			1	122319	13
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	185	185	3	122266,122271,122296	94
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	122302	2705
Scotlandite ()*	None	Pb(S⁴⁺O₃)			1	122341	25
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁			1	122280	165
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			2	122255,122319	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	122290,122318	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	122255	249
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	122308	531
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	122255,122316	2473
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	122306	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	443.8	185	10	122255,122259,122266,122280,122296,122318,122320,122327,122333,122335	21482
Steverustite ()*	None	Pb²⁺₅(OH)₅[Cu¹⁺(S⁶⁺O₃S^2-)₃](H₂O)₂			1	122321	17
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	122280	3418
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	122336	156
Sundiusite ()*	None	Pb₁₀(SO₄)O₈Cl₂			1	122319	3
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			3	122327,122336,122338	99
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	122307	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	443.8	185	2	122266,122296	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	122253	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	122269,122285,122291,122298	4899
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	443.8	185	2	122266,122296	245
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	185	185	5	122266,122269,122271,122296,122313	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	185	185	2	122266,122296	890
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O			1	122313	51
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	122280	369
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			8	122316,122320,122321,122327,122330,122332,122336,122338	605
Vandendriesscheite ()*	None	Pb_1.6(UO₂)₁₀O₆(OH)₁₁·11H₂O	185	185	3	122266,122271,122296	52
Veszelyite ()*	Veszelyite	(Cu,Zn)₂Zn(PO₄)(OH)₃·2H₂O			2	122333,122335	20
Walpurgite ()*	None	Bi₄O₄(UO₂)(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	185	185	3	122266,122269,122296	38
Widenmannite ()*	None	Pb₂(OH)₂[(UO₂)(CO₃)₂]	185	185	1	122296	9
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	122320	251
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			4	122255,122319,122336,122338	95
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	443.8	185	8	122265,122266,122268,122282,122284,122296,122304,122335	1655
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	185	185	4	122266,122268,122269,122296	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	122257	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000849	The study area is located in the vicinity of the town of Dalbeattie (Kircudbrightshire, south-west Scotland), on the north coast of the Solway Firth. The regional geology has been summarized by Miller and Taylor (1966). The area is mainly underlain by strongly folded Silurian metasedimentary rocks intruded by the Criffell pluton, a late Caledonian (397 _+ 2 Ma, Halliday et al. 1980) granodiorite. This batholith is surrounded by an aureole of contact hornfelses. Carboniferous limestones are present in the coastal area. They are faulted against the Silurian metasediments, through a major NE SW structure dipping 45 ~ to the SE, and known as the coastal fault, since Miller and Taylor have shown that it is responsible for the long, straight, shoreline feature in the Colvend Southwick area (Fig. 1). Much evidence of shearing (ubiquitous southerly dipping shear planes, associated with brecciation, silicificatiom and the development of clay fault gouge) has been observed along this structure by the same authors. In the Needle's Eye area (in the Southwick Coast Wildlife Reserve), the coastal fault runs parallel to the foot of an ancient sea cliff about 35 m high that marks the southern edge of the Criffel batholith. The structure itself, and the Carboniferous limestones to its south are largely covered by Quaternary coastal sediments which are known as the Merse. These postglacial estuarine deposits, about 1-2 m thick, stretch from the base of the cliff to a tidal creek, the Southwick Water. The upper layers of the Merse sediments correlate with the last major (Flandrian) rise in the Irish Sea-level about 6000 7000 years ago (Hooker 1990).
Giersdorf_00000850	The study area is located in the vicinity of the town of Dalbeattie (Kircudbrightshire, south-west Scotland), on the north coast of the Solway Firth. The regional geology has been summarized by Miller and Taylor (1966). The area is mainly underlain by strongly folded Silurian metasedimentary rocks intruded by the Criffell pluton, a late Caledonian (397 _+ 2 Ma, Halliday et al. 1980) granodiorite. This batholith is surrounded by an aureole of contact hornfelses. Carboniferous limestones are present in the coastal area. They are faulted against the Silurian metasediments, through a major NE SW structure dipping 45 ~ to the SE, and known as the coastal fault, since Miller and Taylor have shown that it is responsible for the long, straight, shoreline feature in the Colvend Southwick area (Fig. 1). Much evidence of shearing (ubiquitous southerly dipping shear planes, associated with brecciation, silicificatiom and the development of clay fault gouge) has been observed along this structure by the same authors. In the Needle's Eye area (in the Southwick Coast Wildlife Reserve), the coastal fault runs parallel to the foot of an ancient sea cliff about 35 m high that marks the southern edge of the Criffel batholith. The structure itself, and the Carboniferous limestones to its south are largely covered by Quaternary coastal sediments which are known as the Merse. These postglacial estuarine deposits, about 1-2 m thick, stretch from the base of the cliff to a tidal creek, the Southwick Water. The upper layers of the Merse sediments correlate with the last major (Flandrian) rise in the Irish Sea-level about 6000 7000 years ago (Hooker 1990).
Giersdorf_00000851	The study area is located in the vicinity of the town of Dalbeattie (Kircudbrightshire, south-west Scotland), on the north coast of the Solway Firth. The regional geology has been summarized by Miller and Taylor (1966). The area is mainly underlain by strongly folded Silurian metasedimentary rocks intruded by the Criffell pluton, a late Caledonian (397 _+ 2 Ma, Halliday et al. 1980) granodiorite. This batholith is surrounded by an aureole of contact hornfelses. Carboniferous limestones are present in the coastal area. They are faulted against the Silurian metasediments, through a major NE SW structure dipping 45 ~ to the SE, and known as the coastal fault, since Miller and Taylor have shown that it is responsible for the long, straight, shoreline feature in the Colvend Southwick area (Fig. 1). Much evidence of shearing (ubiquitous southerly dipping shear planes, associated with brecciation, silicificatiom and the development of clay fault gouge) has been observed along this structure by the same authors. In the Needle's Eye area (in the Southwick Coast Wildlife Reserve), the coastal fault runs parallel to the foot of an ancient sea cliff about 35 m high that marks the southern edge of the Criffel batholith. The structure itself, and the Carboniferous limestones to its south are largely covered by Quaternary coastal sediments which are known as the Merse. These postglacial estuarine deposits, about 1-2 m thick, stretch from the base of the cliff to a tidal creek, the Southwick Water. The upper layers of the Merse sediments correlate with the last major (Flandrian) rise in the Irish Sea-level about 6000 7000 years ago (Hooker 1990).
Giersdorf_00000852	The study area is located in the vicinity of the town of Dalbeattie (Kircudbrightshire, south-west Scotland), on the north coast of the Solway Firth. The regional geology has been summarized by Miller and Taylor (1966). The area is mainly underlain by strongly folded Silurian metasedimentary rocks intruded by the Criffell pluton, a late Caledonian (397 _+ 2 Ma, Halliday et al. 1980) granodiorite. This batholith is surrounded by an aureole of contact hornfelses. Carboniferous limestones are present in the coastal area. They are faulted against the Silurian metasediments, through a major NE SW structure dipping 45 ~ to the SE, and known as the coastal fault, since Miller and Taylor have shown that it is responsible for the long, straight, shoreline feature in the Colvend Southwick area (Fig. 1). Much evidence of shearing (ubiquitous southerly dipping shear planes, associated with brecciation, silicificatiom and the development of clay fault gouge) has been observed along this structure by the same authors. In the Needle's Eye area (in the Southwick Coast Wildlife Reserve), the coastal fault runs parallel to the foot of an ancient sea cliff about 35 m high that marks the southern edge of the Criffel batholith. The structure itself, and the Carboniferous limestones to its south are largely covered by Quaternary coastal sediments which are known as the Merse. These postglacial estuarine deposits, about 1-2 m thick, stretch from the base of the cliff to a tidal creek, the Southwick Water. The upper layers of the Merse sediments correlate with the last major (Flandrian) rise in the Irish Sea-level about 6000 7000 years ago (Hooker 1990).

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000849	185	185	185±20	U-Pb	age of pitchblende-bearing veins in the Needle's Eye site	uraninite	Uraninite	U	5186	Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK	Needle's Eye Mine	Jamet et al. (1993)	10.1007/BF00199011	MD28_66	Age of the uraninite found in the Steps area, within 1 km of the Needle's Eye mine.
Giersdorf_00000850	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Age is described as Carboniferous				5186	Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK	Needle's Eye Mine	Jamet et al. (1993)	10.1007/BF00199011	MD28_66	Age of limestone found in the Needle's Eye area
Giersdorf_00000851	397	397	397±2						5186	Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK	Needle's Eye Mine	Jamet et al. (1993)	10.1007/BF00199011	MD28_66	Age of the Criffel pluton
Giersdorf_00000852	443.8	419.2	Silurian		Age is described as Silurian				5186	Needle's Eye Mine, Needle's Eye, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK	Needle's Eye Mine	Jamet et al. (1993)	10.1007/BF00199011	MD28_66	Age of faulted metasediment in contact with the above limestone in the Needle's Eye area

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070059	Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK	https://rruff.info/R070059

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