Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 232789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cononish Gold Mine
Creag Bhocan
Tyndrum Lead Mine

Latitude: 56°24'59"N
Longitude: 4°45'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.416388888889,-4.7511111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Harmotome	Melonite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Asbolane ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Harmotome Melonite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	1	122976	143
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122976	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	122974,122976	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	122976	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122976	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	122976	814
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	122976	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	122974,122976	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	122974	30554
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	122976	290
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	122976	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	122975	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	122974	409
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	122976	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	122974,122976	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	122976	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	122974,122976	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122974	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122976	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	122974	337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	122976	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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