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Locality Name:
Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 259

mindat Locality ID: 874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
East Kit Hill Mine
Kit Hill Mine (Kit Hill Consols)
South Kit Hill Mine (Cornwall Great Consols)

Latitude: 50°31'3"N
Longitude: 4°17'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.5175,-4.2869444444444
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 B Be Ca Cu F Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ca Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteLöllingiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteTourmalineWavellite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
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 groupTiO231025902162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3102592119061,1190629052
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23102591119061606
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63102590413
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23102593119061,119062,1190635171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2310259111906227198
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3102591119062345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF231025911190629617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310259111906124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)31025907437
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23102590762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23102593119061,119062,1190635800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2310259039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23102592119061,11906261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)31025904894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)31025902705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O31025901153
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2310259111906256
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O3102590374


4 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_122277265271 ± 6K/ArPrevious K/Ar determinationmuscovite   Muscovite  874Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UKKit Hill GraniteBray and Spooner (1983)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15EG78_1064Age determined from one sample of muscovite at Kit Hill Granite
Lucy_123310294302 ± 8K/ArPrevious K/Ar determinationbiotite     874Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UKKit Hill GraniteBray and Spooner (1983)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15EG78_1064Age determined from one sample of biotite at Kit Hill Granite
Lucy_215306290296 ± 8K-ArAge for Callington Granitebiotite     874Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UKKit Hill QuarryMiller et al (1964)10.1002/gj.3350040109GJ4_105New ages on the granites and derived rocks
Lucy_216271259265 ± 6K-ArAge for Callington Granitemuscovite   Muscovite  874Kit Hill United Mines (incl. Kit Hill Great Consols), Callington, Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UKKit Hill QuarryMiller et al (1964)10.1002/gj.3350040109GJ4_105New ages on the granites and derived rocks

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