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Locality Name:
Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 1109
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1109.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°6'36"N
Longitude: 5°32'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.11,-5.5388888888889
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteLöllingite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteVivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
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)229326503419
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS293265056
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O2932650272
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29326509052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO229326505171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29326505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2293265027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2932650966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)29326508173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2932650814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS293265024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC29326502812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O329326505433
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29326502349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2293265039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2293265061156
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32932650531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS293265021482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO229326502718


4 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
Kristen002123288276282±6  whole rock     1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry ElvanDarbyshire and Shepherd (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159 
Lucy_054a288276282 ± 6Rb-SrPreferred Age determined in studywhole rockE 36977, E 36978, E 36979, E 36980, E 36981    1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry MineDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159Re-analysis of these samples yields an age of 282 ± 6 Ma.
Lucy_054b289265277 ± 12Rb-SrAge of Elvanswhole rockE 36977, E 36978, E 36979, E 36980, E 36981    1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry MineDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159Hawkes et al (1975) published an age of 277 ± 12 for five core samples.
Lucy_120293269281 ± 12Rb/SrPrevious Rb/Sr determination      1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry ElvanBray and Spooner (1983)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15EG78_1064 

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