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Locality Name:
Co. Limerick, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 23473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Limerick, Ireland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aherlow
Ardagh
Askeaton
Limerick Meteorite
Shanagolden

Latitude: 52°32'29"N
Longitude: 8°50'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.541388888889,-8.8386111111111

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: Ag Al As C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperIronKaoliniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTurquoiseWavellite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)Crandallite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Koninckite  (*)
Planerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Taenite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrataenite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3593471679729052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41679665516
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O267974,67975280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35934716797227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1679665707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359347267966,6797227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41679733902
Copper  (*)CopperCu1679733846
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6167975310
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23593471679729895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359347267966,6797224243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3167969504
Iron  (*)IronFe1679731089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41679695591
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O16796919
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O16796943
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359347267966,6797239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21679753106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216797561156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1679665186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359347267966,6797221482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS167966332
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)167973703
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133593471679721803
Tetrataenite  (*)NoneFeNi167973116
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1679731044
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O267969,67975484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O467968,67969,67970,67975374



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00169359347Early Mississippian host rock age      209866Courtbrown Zn-Pb Deposit, Askeaton, Co. Limerick, IrelandCourtbrownTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00253359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        209866Courtbrown Zn-Pb Deposit, Askeaton, Co. Limerick, IrelandCourtbrownSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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