Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Co. Sligo, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 44102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44102.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Aughamore
Ballysadare
Benbulben Barite Mine
Drumard
Easkey Beach
Killala Bay
Ox Mountains
Rosses Point

Latitude: 54°15'34"N
Longitude: 8°41'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.259444444444,-8.6875

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Enargite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spurrite-Afwillite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite
Wöhlerite

Afwillite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuspidine ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Killalaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scawtite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spurrite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Enargite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spurrite-Afwillite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Wurtzite
Wöhlerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Afwillite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂]·2H₂O			1	68024	41
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	347	2	68018,68019	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	347	6	68016,68018,68019,68021,68024,68027	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	347	3	68016,68018,68027	27198
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄			1	68024	67
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	347	3	68016,68018,68027	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	359	347	1	68018	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	359	347	2	68016,68018	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	347	1	68018	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	347	1	68018	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	359	347	1	68018	1066
Killalaite ()*	None	Ca_6.4[H_0.6Si₂O₇]₂(OH)₂			1	68024	5
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	359	347	2	68018,68019	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	347	1	68018	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	347	2	68018,68021	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	347	3	68016,68018,68019	61156
Scawtite ()*	None	Ca₇(Si₃O₉)₂(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	68024	25
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	347	2	68018,68021	21482
Spurrite ()*	Spurrite-Afwillite	Ca₅(SiO₄)₂(CO₃)			1	68024	54
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	347	1	68018	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	359	347	1	68018	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	68022	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	68025	652
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	68024	1247
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂			1	68024	109

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00164	359	347	Early Mississippian		host rock age									2053	Abbeytown Mine & Quarry, Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, Ireland	Abbeytown	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00249	359	347	Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian											2053	Abbeytown Mine & Quarry, Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, Ireland	Abbeytown	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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