Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Browns Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 27293
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27293.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Browns Vein, Mine Hill, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°24'35"N
Longitude: 3°45'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.409722222222,-3.7597222222222

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Descloizite
Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Descloizite
Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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