Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 216127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Duchy Peru Mine
Gravel Hill Mine (Cliff Iron Mine; Penhale Iron Mine)
Great Retallack Mine
Halwyn Pit (Halwyn Mine)
Mount Mine (Perran Iron Mine; Trebisken And Mount Mine)
South Mount Mine (Crows-an-Carne Mine)
Treamble Mine (incl. Garden Quarry)

Latitude: 50°21'53"N
Longitude: 5°7'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.364722222222,-5.12

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Arthurite	Baryte	Beraunite
Calcite	Carminite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Dundasite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Strunzite
Sulphur	Vivianite

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Arthurite Baryte Beraunite
Calcite Carminite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Dundasite
Fluorite Gypsum Lepidocrocite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Phosphosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rockbridgeite Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Strunzite
Sulphur Vivianite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Akaganeite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beraunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carminite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corkite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diadochite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Eleonorite ()*	Ferrostrunzite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strengite ()*	Strunzite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vivianite ()*	Whitmoreite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	118168	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	118165	3419
Akaganeite ()*	Coronadite	(Fe³⁺,Ni²⁺)₈(OH,O)₁₆Cl_1.25·nH₂O	1	118164	63
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	118168	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	118168	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	118164	11547
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	118164	136
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	118168	27770
Carminite ()*	Carminite	PbFe³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	118164	178
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	118164	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	118163	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	118163,118165,118170	27198
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	118164	151
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	118168	2970
Diadochite ()*	Amorphous	Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·6H₂O	1	118164	81
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	118169	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	118164	97
Eleonorite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O	1	118164	51
Ferrostrunzite ()*	Strunzite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	118164	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	118164,118168	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	118164	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	118163,118164,118165,118166,118168,118170	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	118164,118168,118170	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	118164	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	118165	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	118164,118168	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	118164	2228
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	1	118164	97
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	3	118164,118165,118168	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	118168	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	118168	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	118163,118164	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	118163	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	118165,118170	1508
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	118168	428
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	118164	142
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	118164	182
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	118168	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	118163,118164,118165,118166,118168,118170	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	118168	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	118163,118164,118165,118168,118170	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅	1	118164	206
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	118168	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	5	118163,118164,118167,118168,118170	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	4	118163,118165,118168,118170	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	118163,118164,118165,118166,118168,118170	21482
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	1	118164	263
Strunzite ()*	Strunzite	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	118164	98
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	118164	2045
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Whitmoreite ()*	Arthurite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	118164	36

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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