Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meadowfoot Smelter Slag Locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 4660
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4660.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meadowfoot Smelter Slag Locality, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°24'33"N
Longitude: 3°48'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.409166666667,-3.8097222222222

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	Caledonite	Chenite	Copper	Devilline	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chenite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Elyite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Monohydrocalcite ()*
Paralaurionite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Redgillite ()*	Schmiederite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Sundiusite ()*	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: C Ca Cl Cu H O Pb S Se Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu H O Pb S Se Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Caledonite Chenite Copper Devilline Gypsum Linarite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Rocksalt

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	18
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Monohydrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(CO₃)·H₂O	55
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	46
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O	45
Schmiederite ()*	Linarite	Cu₂Pb₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)(Se⁶⁺O₄)(OH)₄	13
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Sundiusite ()*	None	Pb₁₀(SO₄)O₈Cl₂	3
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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