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Locality Name:
Herodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine), Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°24'42"N
Longitude: 4°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.411666666667,-4.5166666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteXanthoconite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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