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Locality Name:
Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland


mindat Locality ID: 30427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ballydehob, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, Ireland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Audley Mines
Cooragurteen Mine

Latitude: 51°33'19"N
Longitude: 9°28'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.555277777778,-9.4677777777778
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: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O P S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneArsenicBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundum
GypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpinelStibnite
Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2267785,677875509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16778511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1677851966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31677851935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4267785,677875516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61677871633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16778527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1677855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2267785,6778727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1677843531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81677851756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21677859895
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O167785345
Gold  (*)CopperAu16778530554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1677856890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316778514640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O167787593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416778514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2267785,6778712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21677855674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21677855800
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4167787369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216778539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216778561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1677856417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13267785,677875317


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