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Locality Name:
Isle Of Man


mindat Locality ID: 23793
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23793.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isle Of Man": 71
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 53

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Andreas
Arbory
Ballaugh
Billy Gilbert's Harbour (Fiddler's Green)
Braddan
Bride
Castletown
Douglas
Douglas Bay
Douglas Bay Mine (Onchan Mine)
Fort Anne Quarry
Gasworks Quarry
German
Glen Auldyn
Glen Maye Mine
Jurby
Laxey
Lezayre
Lonan
Malew
Marown
Maughold
Michael
Niarbyl Bay
Onchan
Patrick
Peel
Port Erin
Port Jack
Port Saint Mary
Port St Mary
Ramsey
Rushen
Santon
Stack Indigo
Unnamed Lead Mine
Wallberry (Horse's Leap)

Latitude: 54°11'37"N
Longitude: 4°33'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.193611111111,-4.5502777777778

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 As Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ConnelliteCorundumDevillineFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Botallackite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gratonite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Plumosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1681349052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3268167,68168544
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)368122,68134,6815711547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181681584286
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)316814349
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61681431633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)668117,68132,68133,68134,68143,6815627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1681744979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2868113,68132,68133,68136,68143,68167,68168,6817427198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O168143295
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2468113,68132,68133,681349895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21681639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1168113,68122,68128,68132,68133,68134,68136,68157,68162,68163,6817424243
Graphite  (*)NoneC268126,681362812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1516813424
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1681436890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3368113,68143,6814714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61681741066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61681432228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2168174987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2468122,68167,68168,6817412537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O168134915
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S516816318
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2768113,68122,68134,68136,68150,68167,6816839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1681741725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8268134,681369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21168113,68117,68122,68133,68134,68147,68150,68163,68167,68168,6817861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1681361711
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O168174292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)368143,68162,681636417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS768113,68122,68132,68133,68134,68136,6817421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31681503418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131681635317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3168150369



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