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Locality Name:
Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 385
Youngest recorded age at locality: 320

mindat Locality ID: 288260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gortdrum Mine

Latitude: 52°31'18"N
Longitude: 8°11'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.521666666667,-8.1866666666667

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.

Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Skutterudite	Smolyaninovite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gortdrumite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Smolyaninovite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Skutterudite Smolyaninovite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

31 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	385	320	1	68031	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	385	320	1	68031	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	385	320	1	68031	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	385	320	1	68031	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	385	320	1	68031	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	385	320	1	68031	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	385	320	1	68031	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	385	320	1	68031	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	385	320	1	68031	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	385	320	1	68031	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	385	320	1	68031	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	385	320	1	68031	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	385	320	1	68031	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	385	320	1	68031	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	385	320	1	68031	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	385	320	1	68031	7437
Gortdrumite ()*	None	Cu₂₄Fe₂Hg₉S₂₃	385	320	1	68031	5
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	385	320	1	68031	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	385	320	1	68031	12537
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	385	320	1	68031	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	385	320	1	68031	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	385	320	1	68031	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	385	320	1	68031	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	385	320	1	68031	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	385	320	1	68031	531
Smolyaninovite ()*	Smolyaninovite	Co₃Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₄·11H₂O	385	320	1	68031	13
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	385	320	1	68031	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	385	320	1	68031	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	385	320	1	68031	1803
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	385	320	1	68031	245
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	385	320	1	68031	297

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	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
Emily000268	360	320		U-Pb	whole rock			2054	Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Gortdrumb Mine	Duane et al. (1986)	10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2	G14_477	error is (+25)-20; age constrains uranium and base-metal mineralizing events
Emily000269	385	333	359±26	Pb-Pb	whole rock			2054	Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Gortdrumb Mine	Duane et al. (1986)	10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2	G14_477
Emily000270	381	337	359±22	Rb-Sr	glauconite			2054	Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Gortdrumb Mine	Duane et al. (1986)	10.1130/0091-7613(1986)14<477:UAFSBS>2.0.CO;2	G14_477	Missouri glauconites
Hg-00018	385	320		U-Pb, Pb-Pb		Cinnabar, Gortdrumite	Hg	2054	Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland		Duane et al. (1986); Duane (1988)
sedznpb-00255	385	333	359±26					2054	Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Gortdrum	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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