Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Combe Martin, North Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 17921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Combe Martin, North Devon, Devon, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Knap Down Mine
Lester Point
Old Combe Martin Mine
Sandy Bay Coves
Sherry Combe
Wild Pear Beach

Latitude: 51°12'20"N
Longitude: 4°'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.205555555556,-4.0138888888889

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Malachite	Millerite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ni S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Malachite Millerite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	120210,120213	3250
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	120213	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	120211,120213	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	120210,120213	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	120208,120209,120213	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120208	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	120208,120210,120211	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	120213	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	120209,120213	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	0		1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	120208,120209,120210,120212,120213	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6	120208,120209,120210,120211,120212,120213	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	120209,120211,120212,120213	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	120209	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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