Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Auchencairn, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK

mindat Locality ID: 31848
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31848.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Auchencairn, Dumfries And Galloway, Scotland, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Airds Point
Auchencairn Barytes Mine
Auchinleck
Rascarrel Bay

Latitude: 55°2'8"N
Longitude: 3°59'29"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.035555555556,-3.9913888888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz

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: Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Corundum Diaspore Malachite None Pyrite Quartz

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Connellite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	122248,122249,122251,122252	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	122252	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	122251	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	122252	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	122248,122251,122252	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	122252	295
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	122250	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	122248,122250,122251,122252	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	122248,122251,122252	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	122249	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	122248,122252	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	122248,122249,122250,122251,122252	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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