MacAdam, A. D., Clarkson, E. N. K., and Stone, P. (Eds.) 1993. Scottish Borders geology: an excursion guide. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press

List of mineral species in the Leadhills–Wanlockhead district (Gillanders 1981, with additions)

Primary minerals

Ankerite Ca(Fe,Mg,Mn) (CO3)2

Aragonite CaCO3

Barite BaSO4

Calcite CaCO3

Chalcopyrite CuFeS2

Cobaltite CoAsS

Galena PbS

Marcasite FeS2

Niccolite NiAs

Pyrite FeS2

Quartz SiO2

Rammelsbergite NiAs2

Sphalerite ZnS

Witherite BaCO3

Secondary minerals

Lead (Pb)

Anglesite PbSO4

Beudantite PbFe3(AsO4) (SO4)(OH)6

Caledonite Pb5Cu2(CO) (SO4)3(OH)6

Cerussite PbCO3

Chenite Pb4Cu(SO4)2(OH)6

Cotunnite PbCl2

Crocoite PbCrO4

Descloizite PbZn(VO4)(OH)

Elyite Pb4Cu(SO4)(OH)

Hydrocerussite Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2

Lanarkite PbO.PbSO4

Lautenthalite PbCu4(SO4)2 (OH)6.3H2O

Leadhillite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2 (OH)2

Lead hydroxy-apatite 2(Pb5(PO4)3OH))

Linarite PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

Litharge PbO

Mattheddleite Pb5(SiO4,SO4)3Cl

Mimetite Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

Minium Pb3O4

Macphersonite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2

Paralaurionite PbCl(OH)

Phoenicochroite Pb2(CrO4)O

Plattnerite PbO2

Plumbogummite PbAl3(PO4)2(OH)5.H2O

Pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl

Queitite Pb4Zn2(SO4)(SiO4) (Si2O7)

Scotlandite PbSO3

Susannite Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2 (OH)2

Vanadinite Pb5(VO4)3Cl

Vaguefinite Pb2Cu(CrO4) (PO4)(OH)

Wulfenite Pb MoO4

Zinc (Zn)

Aurichalcite (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2 (OH)6

Goslarite ZnSO4 7H2O

Hemimorphite Zn4Si2O7(OH)2.H2O

Hydrozincite Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6

Copper (Cu)

Azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2

Brochantite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6

Chalcocite Cu2S

Chrysocolla (Cu,A1)2H2Si2O5 (OH), nH2O

Copper , native Cu

Covellite CuS

Langite Cu4(SO4)(OH)62H2O

Malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

Olivenite Cu2AsO4(OH)

Serpierite Ca(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2 (OH)6.3H2O

Tenorite CuO

Veszelyte (Cu,Zn)3(PO4) (OH)3.2H2O

Wroewolfite Cu4(SO4)(OH)6.2H2O

Others

Annabergite Ni3(AsO4)2.8H2O

Apatite Ca5(PO4)3 (F,OH,Cl)

Chlorite (Mg, Fe, Al )6ALSi3 O3O(OH)8

Erythrite Co3(AsO4)2.8H2O

Fluorite CaF2

Goethite FeO(OH)

Gold Au Greenockite CdS

Gypsum CaSO4.H2O

Haematite Fe2O3

Magnesite MgCO3

Palygorskite (Mg,A1)2Si4O1O(OH).4H2O

Psilomelane 2((Ba,H2O)2 M n5O10)

Pyrolusite MnO2

Siderite FeCO3

Strontianite SrCO3

Titanite CaTiSiO5

References