Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Co. Mayo, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 38726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Mayo, Ireland": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Achill Island
Castlebar
Charlestown
Cregganbaun
Croagh Patrick
Erris Head Peninsula (Erris)
Kilgeever Abbey
Sheeffry Mine (Tawnycrower Mine; Sheefry Mine; Sheffry Mine)

Latitude: 53°51'38"N
Longitude: 9°38'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 53.860555555556,-9.6427777777778

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum
Lazulite	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vivianite

Amesite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kyanite ()*	Langite ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Lazulite ()*
Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Redgillite ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Susannite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Gypsum
Lazulite Linarite Malachite Mica Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Vivianite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	67989	74
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	67997	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	67997	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	67997	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	67997	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	67988,67997	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	67988	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	67997	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	67997	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	67997	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	67988	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	67997	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	67988	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	67997	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	67991,67993,67996	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	67988,67997	6890
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	67994	1507
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	67997	593
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	1	67997	149
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	67985	232
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	67997	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	67993	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	67997	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	67997	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67995	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	67995	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	67988,67993,67997	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	67986,67988,67991,67993,67995,67996,67997	61156
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	1	67997	45
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	67995	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	67988,67997	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	67988	589
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	67997	99
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	67997	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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