Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Foss Mine, Aberfeldy, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 2991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Foss Mine, Aberfeldy, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°40'3"N
Longitude: 3°55'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.6675,-3.9327777777778

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.

Baryte	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Al Ba Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Clay Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Celsian ()*	Cymrite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	541	11547
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1000	541	100
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	1000	541	46
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	541	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	541	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	21482

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00438	1000	541	Neoproterozoic											2991	Foss Mine, Aberfeldy, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK	Foss	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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