Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sharptor Mine (West Sharptor Mine), Sharptor, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1048
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1048.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sharptor Mine (West Sharptor Mine), Sharptor, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°31'55"N
Longitude: 4°27'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.531944444444,-4.4566666666667

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.

Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cl Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Connellite Copper None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Langite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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