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Locality Name:
Co. Galway, Ireland

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

mindat Locality ID: 23915
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23915.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Galway, Ireland": 84
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ardrahan
Bohaun
Connemara
Doughiska
Gort
Killimor
Renville

Latitude: 53°16'3"N
Longitude: 9°1'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.2675,-9.0227777777778
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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChabaziteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigenite
DundasiteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumHeulanditeKaolinite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStilbiteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedrite
TitaniteTourmalineTyroliteUllmanniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

122 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gratonite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Orthoserpierite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3593471679332793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21678583419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)359347167933254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)359347467858,67872,67873,679338803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)167898706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O359347267896,67933470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21678982162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51678701310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3593471679332734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23593471679333092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1679133250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs359347167933379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3359347167933231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3593471679339052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6359347167933919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23593471679335509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3593471067856,67872,67880,67894,67898,67905,67907,67913,67922,6793311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2359347167933172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6359347167933413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1678541966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43593471679335516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3359347267931,679331089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63593471679331633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3593472067854,67858,67868,67872,67880,67881,67889,67894,67896,67898,67901,67907,67909,67911,67912,67913,67929,67931,67933,6793527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)359347267883,679334979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O167858310
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O359347167933925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3593471679335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23593471867858,67868,67872,67875,67876,67877,67880,67893,67894,67905,67907,67909,67910,67911,67913,67922,67929,6793327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8267883,67898577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3593471679333531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)359347167933363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O359347167933382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3593471679333846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181678701008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31679261797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3593471679334165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3593471679332970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O359347167933366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3593471679331027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6367858,67873,679094135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2359347567856,67909,67913,67933,679359895
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S535934716793334
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O359347267896,6793397
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4359347167933910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)467858,67883,67920,679278173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4359347167933163
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O167860345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23593471867868,67880,67881,67883,67888,67894,67898,67899,67902,67909,67913,67920,67922,67923,67924,67927,67929,679339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3593472867854,67872,67875,67876,67878,67880,67883,67893,67894,67896,67898,67901,67902,67904,67905,67906,67907,67909,67910,67911,67913,67914,67915,67922,67923,67929,67931,6793324243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23359347167933133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3593471679337437
Gold  (*)CopperAu16785630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC3593471679332812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1535934716793324
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS359347167933717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3267858,678731544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O359347267896,679336890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS35934716793362
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl35934716793348
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3359347267856,6793314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3593471679331689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O167858246
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)635934716793357
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3359347267926,679335433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61678652228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23359347167933105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4359347267880,679335591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O359347267909,67933593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)359347167933581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2359347167933987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4359347367859,67926,6793314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2359347267922,6793312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2359347267877,679335674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2359347167933300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3593471679334924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3593471679331066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3593471679331107
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)235934716793361
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2467858,67859,67860,678655800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3593471679331508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2359347367856,67880,6793317380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)359347167933492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3359347167933511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3593471679332349
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O35934716793340
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS359347167933767
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O359347167933105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O359347167933428
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]359347167933716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23593472267858,67859,67865,67867,67872,67875,67876,67877,67886,67896,67898,67901,67905,67907,67909,67910,67913,67915,67922,67923,67933,6793539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8267875,678769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23593473067856,67858,67859,67865,67867,67868,67872,67875,67876,67877,67880,67883,67885,67886,67888,67889,67893,67894,67898,67907,67909,67910,67911,67913,67914,67922,67923,67924,67933,6793561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS359347167933712
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O359347167933293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23593471679335614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)367858,67909,679114894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1678982705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3593471679331153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O359347167933292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3593471679336417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4359347167933249
Silver  (*)CopperAg3593471679335186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)359347267929,679332473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3593471167872,67883,67894,67901,67909,67913,67914,67915,67929,67933,6793521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41679261934
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O167858268
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O359347167933456
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O35934716793390
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS359347267903,679332045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133593471679331803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3593471679331101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13359347267931,679335317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1435934716793358
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1678984899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2267858,679172562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O359347167933245
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS359347167933293
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10267858,678731395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31678581247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43593471679331655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS359347167933372


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-00181359347Early Mississippian host rock age      2060Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Co. Galway, IrelandTynaghTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00265359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        2060Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Co. Galway, IrelandTynaghSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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