Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 4983
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4983.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 56°9'32"N
Longitude: 3°47'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 56.158888888889,-3.7841666666667

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	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Kaolinite
Löllingite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tyrolite
Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Silver ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Kaolinite
Löllingite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tyrolite
Vivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	300	260	2793
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	300	260	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	300	260	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	300	260	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	300	260	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	300	260	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	300	260	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	300	260	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	300	260	27198
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	300	260	21
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	300	260	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	300	260	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	300	260	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	300	260	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	300	260	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	300	260	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	300	260	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	300	260	5674
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	300	260	161
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	300	260	633
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	300	260	99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	300	260	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	300	260	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	300	260	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	300	260	233
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	300	260	5186
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	300	260	83
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	300	260	245

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	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 ID
Kristen002431	300	260		K-Ar					4983	Alva Silver Mine, Silver Glen, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK	Alva Area	Hall et al. (1982)	MRPR53_1
Kristen002429	359	252	Permo-Carboniferous		mineralization	Yes	Baryte, Calcite, Quartz	Fe, Ag, Co, Cu, Pb	31503	Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK	Ochil Hills	Hall et al. (1982)	MRPR53_1
Kristen002430	66	2.6	Tertiary		mineralization	Yes	Baryte, Calcite, Quartz	Cu, Fe, Pb	31503	Ochil Hills, Perth And Kinross, Scotland, UK	Ochil Hills	Hall et al. (1982)	MRPR53_1

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