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Locality Name:
Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 42

mindat Locality ID: 1516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°28'59"N
Longitude: 3°48'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.483055555556,-3.8141666666667

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.

Arsenic	Arsenolite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Fluorite	Löllingite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Vivianite
Zircon

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: As Bi Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Bi Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenolite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Fluorite Löllingite None Quartz Rocksalt Vivianite
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenolite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Uraninite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	750	42	231
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	750	42	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	750	42	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	750	42	966
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	750	42	566
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	750	42	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	750	42	24243
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	750	42	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	750	42	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	750	42	2718

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Lucy_234	211	201	206 ± 5	206 Pb/238U	Age of Pitchblende-Coffinite		1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	King's Wood	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159
Lucy_249	458	78	268 ± 190	207Pb/206Pb	Isotopic Age of Pitchblende-Coffinite	NCL1030	1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	King's Wood	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159	(Ages taken from table with unclear titles) Chemical analysis of Pb. Analysis of 204Pb.
Lucy_250	211	201	206 ± 5	206Pb/238U	Isotopic Age of Pitchblende-Coffinite	NCL1030	1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	King's Wood	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159	(Ages taken from table with unclear titles) Chemical analysis of U. Analysis of 206Pb.
Lucy_251	231	191	211 ± 20	207Pb/235U	Isotopic Age of Pitchblende-Coffinite	NCL1030	1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	King's Wood	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159	(Ages taken from table with unclear titles) Chemical analysis of U. Analysis of 207Pb.
Lucy_263	52	42	206 ± 5	206Pb/238U	Using Pockleys Interpretations, it is acceptable to say that South Terras, Geevor, and Wheal Owles are not reliable indications of Tertiary mineralization.		1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	King's Wood	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159
Lucy_264a	340	340	340		The over-all conclusion is that supergene alteration cannot explain the pattern of results obtained in paper.		1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	Wheal Bray	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159	Chemical Age of the pitchblende vein at depth
Lucy_264b	750	750	750		The over-all conclusion is that supergene alteration cannot explain the pattern of results obtained in paper.		1516	Kingswood Mine, West Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, England, UK	Wheal Bray	Darnley et al. (1965)	MM34_159	Chemical Age of the pitchblende vein outcrop (in an unpublished analysis).

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