Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 4736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bay Mine (Bay Vein; Straitstep Vein; Weir's Vein)
Cove Vein
New Cove Vein
Tait's Level (Cove Vein; Belton Grain Vein)
Wilsons Vein

Latitude: 55°24'16"N
Longitude: 3°47'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.404444444444,-3.7838888888889

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Chenite	Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Corkite ()*	Creaseyite ()*	Descloizite ()*	Duftite ()*	Elyite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mattheddleite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scotlandite ()*	Stolzite ()*
Susannite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H O Pb W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Chenite Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	122338,122339	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	2	122338,122339	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	122337,122338,122339	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	2	122338,122341	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122341	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	122339,122341	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	122338	40
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	122338,122339,122341	3531
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	122338	151
Creaseyite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₂Fe³⁺₂Si₅O₁₇·6H₂O	1	122341	27
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	122338	378
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		220
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	122338	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	122338,122339,122341	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	122338,122339	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	122338,122339	201
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	122338	2228
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	3	122338,122339,122341	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	122338,122341	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	3	122338,122339,122341	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	122338,122339,122341	12537
Mattheddleite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5Cl	2	122338,122341	32
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	2	122338,122341	362
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	2	122338,122341	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	122337,122339	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	122337,122338,122339,122341	61156
Scotlandite ()*	None	Pb(S⁴⁺O₃)	1	122341	25
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	0		156
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	122338	99
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	122338	605
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	122338	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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