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Locality Name:
Wool Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 277846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wool Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gripps Level Mine
Wool Gill Mine (Wool Gill Vein)

Latitude: 55°25'47"N
Longitude: 3°45'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.429722222222,-3.7602777777778

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteLinariteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scotlandite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2122947,1229482734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211229473092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11229473250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2122947,12294827770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11229484979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112294727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211229479895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2122947,12294824243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2122947,1229481689
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)112294897
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21122948265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21122947987
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112294739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2122947,1229481725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112294761156
Scotlandite  (*)NonePb(S4+O3)112294825
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11229476417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11229472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2122947,12294821482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112294899



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