Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland

mindat Locality ID: 215440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monaghan, Co. Monaghan, Ireland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Clontibret Mining District

Latitude: 54°12'1"N
Longitude: 6°47'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.200277777778,-6.7977777777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: As Au C Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	68012	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	68012	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	68012	843
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	68012	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	68010,68012	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	68012	30554
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	68010,68012	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	68010,68012	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	68012	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	68012	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	68012	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	68012	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	68013	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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