Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 189725
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189725.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Wheal Providence
Wheal Speed

Latitude: 50°11'28"N
Longitude: 5°28'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.191111111111,-5.47

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Liroconite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Tourmaline

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Liroconite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tristramite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu H O P U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Fluorite Gypsum Liroconite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Tourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	118737	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	118736	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	118737	5509
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	118736,118737	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	118736,118737	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	118736,118737	27198
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	118736	127
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	118736	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	118736,118737	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	118737	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	118736	6890
Liroconite ()*	Liroconite	Cu₂Al(AsO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	0		18
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	118737	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	118736,118737	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	118736	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	118737	2705
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	118737	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	0		1059
Tristramite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,U⁴⁺,Fe³⁺)(PO₄,SO₄)·2H₂O	1	118736	7
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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