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Locality Name:
Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 276480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level)

Latitude: 55°25'18"N
Longitude: 3°45'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.421666666667,-3.7594444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCaledoniteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileScheeliteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bechererite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Steverustite  (*)Susannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11229262734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112292611547
Bechererite  (*)NoneZn7Cu(OH)13[SiO(OH)3(SO4)]112292616
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61122926359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11229264979
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11229267437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1122926717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11229261689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611229261066
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)112292697
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21122926265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21122926987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112292612537
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO21122926158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61122926170
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11229261725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112292661156
Steverustite  (*)NonePb2+5(OH)5[Cu1+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2112292617
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112292699
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411229261655


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