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Locality Name:
Belton Grain Vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 2891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Belton Grain Vein, Wanlock Dod-Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°24'17"N
Longitude: 3°46'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.404722222222,-3.7794444444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCorundumDescloiziteDevilline
DiasporeLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Sphalerite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Corkite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mattheddleite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Susannite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)0378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)20201
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mattheddleite  (*)ApatitePb5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5Cl032
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl071
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605


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