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Locality Name:
Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 283233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine)

Latitude: 53°38'48"N
Longitude: 7°44'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.646666666667,-7.7363888888889

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: Ag Ba C Ca Cu Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteJalpaiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35934716797911547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235934716797927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23593471679799895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12359347167979663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35934716797924243
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2359347167979116
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33593471679791425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235934716797939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235934716797961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35934716797921482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133593471679795317



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-00171359347Early Mississippian host rock age      2037Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IrelandGarrycamTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedexmvt-00173359347Early Mississippian host rock age      2037Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IrelandKeelTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00257359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        2037Garrycam Deposit (Keel Mine), Keel, Ballymahon, Co. Longford, IrelandKeel/GarrycamSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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