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Locality Name:
Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
West Phoenix Mine
Wheal Phoenix (Cornwall Great United Mines)

Latitude: 50°31'18"N
Longitude: 4°27'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.521666666667,-4.455
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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Bi Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteArsenoliteBerauniteBrochantiteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixite
ChloriteClayConnelliteCopperCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeDufréniteKaoliniteLazulite
MalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhenakiteQuartzRockbridgeiteRutileSphalerite
Turquoise

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barbosalite  (*)Beraunite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Faustite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kidwellite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Waylandite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211178635509
Barbosalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2043
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1117863280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23117861,117862,1178635171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11178635707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22117861,11786327198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2117861,11786377
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2090
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11178633531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1117863295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11178633846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11178632970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O1117863139
Faustite  (*)TurquoiseZnAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O024
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)60121
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2020
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1117861144
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411178635591
Kidwellite  (*)NoneNaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O (x ≈ 0.33)053
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111786312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1117863492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42117861,117863369
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117861,117862,11786361156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11178631101
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O2117861,117863484
Waylandite  (*)AluniteBiAl3(PO4)2(OH)6031


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