Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Co. Donegal, Ireland

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

mindat Locality ID: 23939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Donegal, Ireland": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Ardara
Ballintra
Blue Stack Mountains
Bundoran
Carrowtrasna
Crohy Head
Donegal
Dunglow
Glentogher Mine (Carrowmore Mine)
Keeldrum
Lettamackaward
Malin Beg

Latitude: 54°47'34"N
Longitude: 8°8'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.792777777778,-8.1469444444444

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Copper	Garnet	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Copper ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hercynite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Copper Garnet None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Vesuvianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	67834	3419
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	67835	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	347	3	67823,67826,67830	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	67836,67837	4979
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	67832	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	347	2	67823,67836	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	347	2	67823,67836	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	67833,67839	1544
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	67821	407
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	67827	1507
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	347	2	67823,67830	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	67837	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	67824,67834,67839	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	67840	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	347	3	67823,67830,67836	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	67821	978
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	67835	1059
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			3	67828,67833,67839	1395

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00166	359	347	Early Mississippian		host rock age									219512	Ballymagroarty Quarry, Ballintra, Co. Donegal, Ireland	Ballinalack	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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