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Locality Name:
Struy, Strathglass, Highland, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 31856
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31856.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Struy, Strathglass, Highland, Scotland, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Allt Tighe Cumhaig
Struy Bridge
Struy Mines

Latitude: 57°24'38"N
Longitude: 4°40'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 57.410555555556,-4.6830555555556

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 Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayHarmotomeMarcasiteMicaNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)112265611547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1811226574286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)112265627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112265627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS112265624243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1122656290
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211226565674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112265617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2112265639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2112265661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS112265621482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411226581655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11226575251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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