Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Newquay, Cornwall, England, UK": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Chiverton Wheal Rose (Trethellan Mine)
Fistral Bay
Great Western Beach
Lusty Glaze
New Wheal Rose (Tolcarne And Rose Cliff Mine)
Newquay Consols (Fistral Mine; North Wheal Providence; Wheal Providence)
Newquay Mine (Lehenver Mine)
St Columb Minor
St Columb Porth
Tolcarne Beach
Treloggan Mine
Trevelgue
Watergate Bay
Wheal Arundel Consols

Latitude: 50°25'3"N
Longitude: 5°4'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.4175,-5.0677777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Copper	None	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Au C Cl Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Copper None Quartz Rocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Boleite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	118041	65
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	3	118030,118041,118046	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	118033,118034,118037,118042,118045,118046	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	118029	30554
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	118041	142
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	118041	33
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	118031,118046,118047	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	118037	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	118037,118046	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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