Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tyndrum Lead Mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 5182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tyndrum Lead Mine, Tyndrum, Stirling, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°25'5"N
Longitude: 4°45'21"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.418055555556,-4.7558333333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Harmotome	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Asbolane ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Harmotome None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	143
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	290
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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