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Locality Name:
Meall Nan Oighreag, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 283948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meall Nan Oighreag, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Corrie Buie Veins

Latitude: 56°28'33"N
Longitude: 4°6'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.475833333333,-4.1002777777778
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperKobelliteLillianiteNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Ourayite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Vikingite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11228111966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112281127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112281127198
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21122811246
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112281124243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41122811192
Gold  (*)CopperAu112281130554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61122811113
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S9112281166
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61122811128
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S13112281124
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112281139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811228119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112281161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11228116417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112281121482
Vikingite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb8Bi13S30112281127


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