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Locality Name:
Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 289
Youngest recorded age at locality: 266

mindat Locality ID: 1210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°30'15"N
Longitude: 4°27'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.504166666667,-4.4552777777778

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 As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn Ti U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn Ti U Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBrochantiteBrookiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayConnellite
CorundumFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RutileStibniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO228926602162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS28926609052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi28926601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S328926601935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS428926605516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)628926601633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22892660700
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO228926605171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S28926605707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O2892660194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2289266027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O28926603531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O2892660295
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O28926602970
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F28926602740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF228926609617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3289266014640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2892660593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2289266012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2289266017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28926602349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2892660428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2289266039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2289266061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO228926605614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O28926601153
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O28926601059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO228926602718
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O289266095
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)28926605251



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Lucy_035a284266275 ± 9Rb-SrAge granite intruded E 38452, B 3    1210Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UKCraddock Moor QuarryDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159 
Lucy_035b289285287 ± 2Rb-SrPreferred Age determined in study B 3, B 3 KFeldspar, B 3Plag., B 3Bio., B 3Musc.    1210Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UKCraddock Moor QuarryDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159Believed that the mineral isochron provides the best estimate of age implacement of Bodmin granite


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