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Locality Name:
Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK


mindat Locality ID: 4734
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4734.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raiks Vein (incl. Broadlaw Low Level), Mine Hill-Broad Law, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 55°25'19"N
Longitude: 3°45'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 55.421944444444,-3.7594444444444
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 Ba C Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCaledoniteDiasporeLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileScheeliteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bechererite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Steverustite  (*)Susannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bechererite  (*)NoneZn7Cu(OH)13[SiO(OH)3(SO4)]016
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO20158
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60170
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Steverustite  (*)NonePb2+5(OH)5[Cu1+(S6+O3S2-)3](H2O)2017
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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