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Locality Name:
Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 284
Youngest recorded age at locality: 266

mindat Locality ID: 1047
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1047.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°31'26"N
Longitude: 4°27'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.523888888889,-4.4563888888889

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 K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteAutuniteBrookiteClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteTourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)228426603419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO228426602162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO528426601310
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O28426601272
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)22842660606
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62842660413
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22842660700
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF228426609617
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2284266017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)28426602349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)2842660326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2284266039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2284266061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)28426602705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO528426601516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS284266021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)2842660156
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O28426601059
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO428426601655



1 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_036284266275 ± 9Rb-SrAge granite intruded E 38453    1047Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UKCheesewring QuarryDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159 


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