Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
East Tamar Consols
Great East Tamar Mine
North Ward Mine
Queen Of Tamar Mine (North Tamar Consols; Tuckermarsh Mine; Philley Wood Mine; Wheal Jenny)
South Tamar Consols (South Tamar Mine; Cowes Mine; Incl. Cleave Mine; Birch Mine)
Tamar Consols (Tamar Mines)
Tamar Valley Mine (New Tamar Valley Mine; Bere Alston United Mine; Wheal Fancy; Green Valley Mine; South Wheal Zion; Buttspill Mine; Old Beer Mine)
Ward Mine (South Ward Mine)

Latitude: 50°28'51"N
Longitude: 4°12'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.480833333333,-4.2077777777778

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Childrenite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Linarite
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Childrenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Childrenite Diaspore Fluorite Linarite
Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

27 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)	4	120404,120405,120409,120410	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120409	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	120410	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	120404	5509
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4	120404,120405,120409,120410	4979
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		93
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	6	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	120409	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	120409	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	120409	987
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	120410	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	0		1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	0		1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	120405	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	120409	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	120404,120405,120409,120411	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	120405,120409	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	120405	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	120405	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	120405,120409	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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