Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East And West Branch Of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 2892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New Glencrieff Mine (Wanlockhead Mine; East And West Branch Of New Glencrieff Vein), Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°24'3"N
Longitude: 3°47'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.400833333333,-3.7944444444444

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Descloizite	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Langite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Witherite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Descloizite Löllingite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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