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Locality Name:
Talnotry, Newton Stewart, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 31738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Talnotry, Newton Stewart, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Glen Of The Bar
Talnotry Mine

Latitude: 55°0'56"N
Longitude: 4°22'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.015555555556,-4.3705555555556
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 Co Cu Fe Ir Ni O Pd Pt S Si Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Cu Fe Ir Pd Pt S Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteQuartzSkutterudite
TetradymiteUllmannite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Argentopentlandite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Froodite  (*)Gold  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Michenerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8112230867
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2062
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS21122308252
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe20155
Michenerite  (*)UllmannitePdBiTe0114
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1122307633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1122307767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22122307,12230839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811223079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112230861156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31122308531
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te31122307276


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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