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Locality Name:
Killimor, Co. Galway, Ireland

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

mindat Locality ID: 288532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Killimor, Co. Galway, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tynagh Mine

Latitude: 53°9'59"N
Longitude: 8°22'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.166388888889,-8.3741666666667
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 C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyrite
BaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteDundasiteEnargiteFeldsparFluoriteGeocroniteGypsum
KaoliniteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpiment
PharmacosideritePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTyroliteUllmanniteWurtzite

95 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Gratonite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Theisite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3593471679332793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)359347167933254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3593471679338803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O359347167933470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3593471679332734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23593471679333092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs359347167933379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3359347167933231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3593471679339052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6359347167933919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23593471679335509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)35934716793311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2359347167933172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6359347167933413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43593471679335516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33593471679331089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63593471679331633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)35934716793327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3593471679334979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O359347167933925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3593471679335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS235934716793327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3593471679333531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)359347167933363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O359347167933382
Copper  (*)CopperCu3593471679333846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3593471679334165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3593471679332970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O359347167933366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3593471679331027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23593471679339895
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S535934716793334
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O35934716793397
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4359347167933910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4359347167933163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23593471679339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS35934716793324243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23359347167933133
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3593471679337437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3593471679332812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S1535934716793324
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS359347167933717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3593471679336890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS35934716793362
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl35934716793348
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O335934716793314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O3593471679331689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)635934716793357
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O33593471679335433
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23359347167933105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43593471679335591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O359347167933593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)359347167933581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2359347167933987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O435934716793314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)235934716793312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23593471679335674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2359347167933300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3593471679334924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS3593471679331066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3593471679331107
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)235934716793361
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3593471679331508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)235934716793317380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)359347167933492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3359347167933511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3593471679332349
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O35934716793340
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS359347167933767
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O359347167933105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O359347167933428
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]359347167933716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS235934716793339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO235934716793361156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS359347167933712
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O359347167933293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23593471679335614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3593471679331153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O359347167933292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3593471679336417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4359347167933249
Silver  (*)CopperAg3593471679335186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3593471679332473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS35934716793321482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O359347167933456
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O35934716793390
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3593471679332045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133593471679331803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3593471679331101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133593471679335317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1435934716793358
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O359347167933245
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS359347167933293
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43593471679331655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS359347167933372


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-00181359347Early Mississippian host rock age      2060Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Co. Galway, IrelandTynaghTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00265359347Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian        2060Tynagh Mine, Killimor, Co. Galway, IrelandTynaghSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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