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Locality Name:
Ratagain Intrusion, Glenelg, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 2911
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2911.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ratagain Intrusion, Glenelg, Highland, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Loch Duich
Loch Duich (2)

Latitude: 57°13'14"N
Longitude: 5°26'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.220555555556,-5.4338888888889
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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grunerite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32122474,122475315
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2122474,12247527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22122474,12247527198
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6112247484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22122474,1224759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2122474,12247524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2122474,12247530554
Grunerite  (*)Amphibole   Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)21122474223
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te2122474,122475804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311224745433
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22122474,1224755674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS20252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22122474,1224755800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2122474,122475767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22122474,12247539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22122474,12247561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22122474,1224755614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2122474,12247521482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132122474,1224751803


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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