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Locality Name:
Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 385
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 288260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gortdrum Mine

Latitude: 52°31'18"N
Longitude: 8°11'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.521666666667,-8.1866666666667

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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSmolyaninovite
SphaleriteTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gortdrumite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smolyaninovite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23853201680315509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)38532016803111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43853201680315516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6385320168031248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)38532016803127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3853201680315707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS238532016803127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3853201680312600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS385320168031966
Copper  (*)CopperCu3853201680313846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3853201680314165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3853201680311027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16385320168031300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23853201680319895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O385320168031814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3853201680317437
Gortdrumite  (*)NoneCu24Fe2Hg9S233853201680315
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O338532016803114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)238532016803112537
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS385320168031255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)238532016803117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS238532016803139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO238532016803161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3853201680315186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3385320168031531
Smolyaninovite  (*)SmolyaninoviteCo3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O38532016803113
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS38532016803121482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS385320168031332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133853201680311803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O385320168031245
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3385320168031297



5 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
Emily000268360320 U-Pb whole rock     2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumb MineDuane et al. (1986)10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2G14_477error is (+25)-20; age constrains uranium and base-metal mineralizing events
Emily000269385333359±26Pb-Pb whole rock     2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumb MineDuane et al. (1986)10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2G14_477 
Emily000270381337359±22Rb-Sr glauconite     2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumb MineDuane et al. (1986)10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2G14_477Missouri glauconites
Hg-00018385320 U-Pb, Pb-Pb     Cinnabar, GortdrumiteHg2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Duane et al. (1986); Duane (1988)   
sedznpb-00255385333359±26        2054Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, IrelandGortdrumSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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