Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 403
Youngest recorded age at locality: 389

mindat Locality ID: 250059
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-250059.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, Ireland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Monaughrim
Moylisha
Stranakelly

Latitude: 52°44'59"N
Longitude: 6°36'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.749722222222,-6.6116666666667

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.

Clay	Columbite	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile

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 H K Li Mn O Si Sn Ta

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Columbite Mica None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spodumene ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*

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
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	68105	5171
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	403	389	1	68106	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	68104	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	403	389	3	68104,68105,68106	688
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	403	389	1	68106	211

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
	Bradley_2012_061	403	389	396±7	Rb/Sr										250060	Stranakelly, Shillelagh, Co. Wicklow, Ireland	Stranakelley	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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