Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Co. Meath, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 350
Youngest recorded age at locality: 329

mindat Locality ID: 24719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Meath, Ireland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Navan (An Uaimh)

Latitude: 53°40'54"N
Longitude: 6°37'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.681666666667,-6.63

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.

Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Cylindrite	Gypsum	Harmotome	Malachite
Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Argyrodite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cylindrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Franckeite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minrecordite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Semseyite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe Ge H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Cylindrite Gypsum Harmotome Malachite
Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

21 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
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	350	329	1	68001	62
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	350	329	1	68001	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	350	329	1	68001	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	350	329	2	68000,68001	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	350	329	2	68000,68001	27198
Cylindrite ()*	Cylindrite	FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄	350	329	1	68001	17
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	350	329	1	68001	9895
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9	350	329	1	68001	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	350	329	1	68001	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	350	329	1	68001	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	350	329	1	68001	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	350	329	1	68001	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	68000	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	350	329	1	68001	5674
Minrecordite ()*	None	CaZn(CO₃)₂	350	329	1	68001	8
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	350	329	1	68001	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	350	329	2	68000,68001	61156
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	350	329	1	68001	165
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	350	329	1	68001	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	350	329	1	68001	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	68000	1101

2 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-00176	337	329	333±4 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag										2038	Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, Ireland	Navan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00260	350	350	350											2038	Navan Mine (Tara Mine), Navan (An Uaimh), Co. Meath, Ireland	Navan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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