Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 31959
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31959.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mannoch Hill Mine
Nutberry Hill

Latitude: 55°34'36"N
Longitude: 3°59'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.576666666667,-3.9844444444444

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	122950	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	122950	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122950	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	122950	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	122950	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122950	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	122950	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	122950	12537
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	122950,122951	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	122950	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	122950	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	122950	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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