Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 4495
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4495.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ballygown South Mine
Ballynoe Mine (Magcobar Mine)
Gurtnadyne Mine (Gorteenahida)
Knockanroe Mine
Mogul Mine (Garryard Mine; International Mogul Mines)
Shallee Mountain

Latitude: 52°47'25"N
Longitude: 8°15'31"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 52.790277777778,-8.2586111111111

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Geocronite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe Ge H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Dundasite Geocronite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Xanthoconite

51 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Argyrodite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sauconite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Xanthoconite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	365	265	1	68040	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	365	265	3	68036,68039,68040	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	365	265	3	68038,68040,68042	3092
Argentotennantite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆(Cu₄Zn₂)As₄S₁₃	365	265	1	68040	14
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	365	265	1	68040	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	365	265	5	68036,68037,68038,68039,68042	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	365	265	3	68037,68038,68042	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	365	265	6	68036,68037,68038,68039,68040,68042	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	365	265	2	68040,68042	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	365	265	3	68038,68040,68042	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	365	265	4	68036,68037,68040,68041	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	365	265	3	68036,68038,68039	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	365	265	3	68038,68040,68042	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	365	265	4	68037,68038,68040,68042	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	365	265	3	68038,68040,68042	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	365	265	5	68036,68037,68039,68040,68041	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	365	265	1	68036	97
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	365	265	1	68040	814
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	365	265	1	68040	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	365	265	7	68036,68037,68038,68039,68040,68041,68042	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	365	265	1	68040	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	365	265	5	68036,68038,68039,68040,68042	7437
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	365	265	3	68038,68040,68042	170
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	365	265	2	68036,68040	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	365	265	4	68036,68038,68039,68040	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	365	265	1	68036	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	365	265	1	68040	105
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	365	265	1	68036	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	365	265	3	68038,68039,68040	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	365	265	1	68040	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	365	265	4	68037,68038,68040,68042	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	365	265	6	68036,68037,68038,68039,68040,68042	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	365	265	1	68040	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	365	265	4	68036,68038,68040,68042	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	365	265	1	68040	767
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	365	265	1	68040	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	365	265	1	68040	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	365	265	6	68036,68037,68038,68039,68040,68042	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	365	265	1	68036	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	365	265	2	68040,68041	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	365	265	5	68036,68038,68039,68040,68042	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	365	265	6	68036,68037,68038,68039,68040,68042	61156
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	365	265	1	68036	56
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	365	265	3	68036,68039,68040	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	365	265	1	68040	5186
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	365	265	1	68040	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	365	265	3	68036,68039,68040	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	365	265	6	68036,68037,68038,68039,68040,68042	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	365	265	1	68040	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	365	265	3	68038,68040,68042	5317
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	365	265	1	68040	89

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-00179	365	265	269±4 Ma (paleomagnetism); 360±5 Ma (Rb-Sr on sphalerite)	paleomag, Rb-Sr										4495	Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Silvermines	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00263	365	355	360±5											4495	Silvermines District, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	Silvermines	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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