Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 301833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-301833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Aberfeldy
Ben Eagach (Beinn Eagagach)
Ben Lawers
Blacklunans
Blair Atholl
Clunie
Comrie
Glen Errochty
Glen Lyon
Glen Quaich (Glen Coich)
Glen Tilt
Glenfarg
Inchture
Kinloch Rannoch
Loch Tay
Meall Nan Oighreag
Ochil Hills
Pitkeathly Wells
Pitroddie Quarry (Pitroddie Den)
Water Of May

Latitude: 56°31'50"N
Longitude: 3°45'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.530555555556,-3.7544444444444

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Mica
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Datolite ()*
Digenite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grandidierite ()*
Gustavite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Ourayite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vikingite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay
Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Kobellite Lillianite Mica
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	122794,122795,122805	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	122808	489
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	359	2.6	1	122813	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	541	2	122774,122776	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	122804	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	122811	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	122794,122797,122799,122811	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1000	541	2	122774,122775	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	122775	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	359	2.6	2	122812,122813	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	122811	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	359	2.6	1	122813	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			2	122786,122787	1008
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	1000	541	1	122774	46
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	359	2.6	1	122813	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	359	2.6	1	122812	1027
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	122786	520
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂			1	122811	246
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			2	122794,122797	944
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	122782	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	541	5	122774,122776,122807,122808,122811	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	122811	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	122778	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	359	2.6	4	122793,122808,122811,122812	30554
Grandidierite ()*	None	MgAl₃O₂(BO₃)(SiO₄)			1	122786	40
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	122811	113
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	122786	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	122808	804
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉			1	122811	66
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	122778,122786	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			4	122789,122791,122795,122805	1507
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	122811	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	122776,122778,122786	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	541	2	122774,122776	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	359	2.6	1	122813	1236
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃			1	122811	24
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	359	2.6	1	122813	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	541	6	122774,122775,122776,122778,122809,122811	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	122776,122811	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	2.6	12	122778,122784,122786,122795,122799,122803,122805,122811,122812,122814,122815,122816	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	122808	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	122778,122795	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	122786	598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	122811	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	541	3	122774,122776,122811	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	122787	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	122797	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	122808	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	122808	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	122778	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	122789,122794,122795,122805	2562
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀			1	122811	27
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	359	2.6	1	122812	297

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	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 ID
sedznpb-00438	1000	541	Neoproterozoic				2991	Foss Mine, Aberfeldy, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK	Foss	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
Kristen002429	359	252	Permo-Carboniferous	mineralization	Baryte, Calcite, Quartz	Fe, Ag, Co, Cu, Pb	31503	Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK	Ochil Hills	Hall et al. (1982)	MRPR53_1
Kristen002430	66	2.6	Tertiary	mineralization	Baryte, Calcite, Quartz	Cu, Fe, Pb	31503	Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK	Ochil Hills	Hall et al. (1982)	MRPR53_1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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