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Locality Name:
Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 301831
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301831.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Alva
Dollar Mine (Burn Of Sorrow Mine)

Latitude: 56°10'15"N
Longitude: 3°44'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.170833333333,-3.7433333333333

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
DigeniteHarmotomeKaoliniteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTyroliteVivianite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S30026011222442793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11222452734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3002601122244445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11222453250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61122245919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230026011222445509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3002602122244,12224511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS430026011222445516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)630026011222441633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3002602122244,12224527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11222454979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3002602122244,1222455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23002602122244,12224527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11222453531
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2300260112224421
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS30026011222444165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S30026011222441027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163002601122244300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)230026011222449895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3002601122244814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3002602122244,12224524243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1122245290
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11222451689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611222451066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)430026011222445591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21122245987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112224512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS230026011222445674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As83002601122244161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3002601122244633
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O300260112224499
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300260112224439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S830026011222449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300260112224461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs23002601122244233
Silver  (*)CopperAg30026011222445186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112224521482
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe300260112224483
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O3002601122244245



3 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
Kristen002431300260 K-Ar       4983Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UKAlva AreaHall et al. (1982) MRPR53_1 
Kristen002429359252Permo-Carboniferous mineralization   YesBaryte, Calcite, QuartzFe, Ag, Co, Cu, Pb31503Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UKOchil HillsHall et al. (1982) MRPR53_1 
Kristen002430662.6Tertiary mineralization   YesBaryte, Calcite, QuartzCu, Fe, Pb31503Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UKOchil HillsHall et al. (1982) MRPR53_1 


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