Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Letter, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 286749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Letter, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Letter Mine

Latitude: 51°33'41"N
Longitude: 9°31'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.561388888889,-9.5186111111111

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	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Quartz
Tetrahedrite

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 Ca Cu Fe H Na O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar Malachite None Quartz
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	67796	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67796	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	67796	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	67796	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	67796	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67796	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	67796	3531
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	67796	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	67796	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67796	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	67796	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	67796	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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