Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lochgilphead, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 225712
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225712.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lochgilphead, Argyll And Bute, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Castletown Mine

Latitude: 56°0'24"N
Longitude: 5°24'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.006666666667,-5.4102777777778

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.

Atacamite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Kaolinite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite Diaspore Digenite Kaolinite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Anilite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoatacamite ()*	Connellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Vésigniéite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	122223	88
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	122223	49
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122223	27198
Clinoatacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	122223	43
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	122223	295
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	122223	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122223	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122223	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122223	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	122223	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122223	61156
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	122223	46

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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