Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Moyne, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 288479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-288479.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lisheen Mine

Latitude: 52°44'51"N
Longitude: 7°40'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.7475,-7.6730555555556

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Geocronite	Gypsum	Löllingite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gratonite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Seligmannite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Ullmannite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Corundum Geocronite Gypsum Löllingite
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Vivianite

26 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
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	359	270	1	68034	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	359	270	1	68034	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	270	1	68034	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	359	270	1	68034	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	359	270	1	68034	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	359	270	1	68034	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	270	1	68034	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	270	1	68034	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	359	270	1	68034	966
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	359	270	1	68034	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	270	1	68034	24243
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	359	270	1	68034	24
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	270	1	68034	14640
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	359	270	1	68034	105
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	359	270	1	68034	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	359	270	1	68034	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	359	270	1	68034	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	359	270	1	68034	52
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	359	270	1	68034	105
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	270	1	68034	39462
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	359	270	1	68034	64
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	359	270	1	68034	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	270	1	68034	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	359	270	1	68034	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	270	1	68034	1803
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	359	270	1	68034	293

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-00174	350	270	350 Ma (Ar-Ar); 315 Ma (Ar-Ar); 340 Ma (Ar-Ar); 277±7 Ma (paleomagnetism)	paleomag, Ar-Ar										18693	Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Lisheen	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00258	359	347	Early Carboniferous, Tournaisian											18693	Lisheen Mine, Moyne, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Lisheen	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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