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Locality Name:
Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 4983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°9'32"N
Longitude: 3°47'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.158888888889,-3.7841666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDigeniteKaolinite
LöllingiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTyrolite
Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Silver  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S30026002793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3002600445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230026005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)300260011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS430026005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)630026001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)300260027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S30026005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2300260027198
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2300260021
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS30026004165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S30026001027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S163002600300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)230026009895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3002600814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS300260024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)430026005591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS230026005674
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As83002600161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3002600633
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O300260099
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300260039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S830026009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300260061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs23002600233
Silver  (*)CopperAg30026005186
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe300260083
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O3002600245


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002431300260 K-Ar       4983Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UKAlva AreaHall et al. (1982) MRPR53_1 
Kristen002429359252Permo-Carboniferous mineralization   YesBaryte, Calcite, QuartzFe, Ag, Co, Cu, Pb31503Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UKOchil HillsHall et al. (1982) MRPR53_1 
Kristen002430662.6Tertiary mineralization   YesBaryte, Calcite, QuartzCu, Fe, Pb31503Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UKOchil HillsHall et al. (1982) MRPR53_1 

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