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Locality Name:
Wheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine), Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine), Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°35'6"N
Longitude: 4°49'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.585,-4.8191666666667
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: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
SartoriteSphaleriteStibnite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Galena  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plumosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5034
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S5018
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S210165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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