Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Co. Limerick, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 347

mindat Locality ID: 23473
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23473.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Co. Limerick, Ireland": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Aherlow
Ardagh
Askeaton
Limerick Meteorite
Shanagolden

Latitude: 52°32'29"N
Longitude: 8°50'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.541388888889,-8.8386111111111

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Iron	Kaolinite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Wavellite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Crandallite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Koninckite ()*
Planerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrataenite ()*
Troilite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Wavellite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Iron Kaolinite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise Wavellite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	359	347	1	67972	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	67966	5516
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			2	67974,67975	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	347	1	67972	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	67966	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	347	2	67966,67972	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	67973	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	67973	3846
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	67975	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	347	1	67972	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	347	2	67966,67972	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	67969	504
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	67973	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	67969	5591
Koninckite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·3H₂O			1	67969	19
Planerite ()*	Turquoise	Al₆(PO₄)₂(PO₃OH)₂(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	67969	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	347	2	67966,67972	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	67975	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	67975	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	67966	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	347	2	67966,67972	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	67966	332
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	67973	703
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	347	1	67972	1803
Tetrataenite ()*	None	FeNi			1	67973	116
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	67973	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			2	67969,67975	484
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			4	67968,67969,67970,67975	374

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00169	359	347	Early Mississippian		host rock age									209866	Courtbrown Zn-Pb Deposit, Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland	Courtbrown	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00253	359	347	Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian											209866	Courtbrown Zn-Pb Deposit, Askeaton, Co. Limerick, Ireland	Courtbrown	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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