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Locality Name:
St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Teath, Cornwall, England, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Barrett 's Zawn
Delabole Slate Quarry
Old Treburgett Mine
South Treburgett Mine
Treburgett Mine
Treligga
Treroosel Mine (Trerosal Mine)
Wheal Bawden
Whitewell Mine

Latitude: 50°35'49"N
Longitude: 4°45'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.596944444444,-4.7516666666667
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 Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Fe H O S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFeldsparMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteXanthoconite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentojarosite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211190353419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11190358803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211190352162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22119034,1190403092
Argentojarosite  (*)AluniteAgFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6058
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2119034,1190409052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111119036843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32119034,1190401089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111903527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22119034,11904027198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121119036663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3119034,119038,11904024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11190357437
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611190361066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211190405674
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl21119040142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23119036,119038,11904039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24119035,119036,119038,11904061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211190355614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3119034,119038,1190406417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O111904173
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3119034,119038,11904021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132119034,1190405317


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