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Locality Name:
Moyne, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 288479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288479.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lisheen Mine

Latitude: 52°44'51"N
Longitude: 7°40'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.7475,-7.6730555555556

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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumGeocroniteGypsumLöllingite
MarcasiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gratonite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O359270168034445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3592701680349052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35927016803411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43592701680345516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11359270168034843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33592701680341089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35927016803427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235927016803427198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS359270168034966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23592701680349895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35927016803424243
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1535927016803424
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335927016803414640
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23359270168034105
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23592701680345674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs359270168034633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS359270168034767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs235927016803452
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O359270168034105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235927016803439462
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS335927016803464
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4359270168034249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35927016803421482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS359270168034332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133592701680341803
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS359270168034293



2 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-00174350270350 Ma (Ar-Ar); 315 Ma (Ar-Ar); 340 Ma (Ar-Ar); 277±7 Ma (paleomagnetism)paleomag, Ar-Ar       18693Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, IrelandLisheenTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00258359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        18693Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, IrelandLisheenSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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