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Locality Name:
Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°5'44"N
Longitude: 5°32'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.095555555556,-5.5405555555556
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 Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumKaoliniteLöllingiteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePerovskitePumpellyitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
StibniteTetradymite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Galena  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Löllingite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natanite  (*)
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4054
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O0144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S086
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)6014
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O0106
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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