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:
Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 26561
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26561.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Caminches Mine
Caminches Stamp Mill
Coom Mine
Dooneen Mine
Keeloge Mine
Mountain Mine

Latitude: 51°38'33"N
Longitude: 10°2'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.6425,-10.037222222222

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.

Atacamite	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Devilline	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Devilline Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	67762	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	67762	49
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	67764	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	67764	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67764	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	67762	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	67764	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	67759,67761,67764	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	67764	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	67762	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	67762	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	67764	366
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	67762,67764	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67760	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	67764	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	67759,67760,67761,67764	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	67764	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	67764	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060090	Allihies, Castletown-Bearhaven Copper Mines, Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland	https://rruff.info/R060090

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