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Locality Name:
Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Old Wheal Golden (Perran Vale Mine)
Roskrow United Mine (South Tresavean Mine; Ballamoon Mine; Wheal Gal)
School Hill
Silver Hill Mine
South United Mine (Perran Downs Mine)

Latitude: 50°12'19"N
Longitude: 5°7'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.205277777778,-5.1269444444444
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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteLöllingiteNickelineNoneOrpiment
PerovskitePyriteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeZircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11180939052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22118093,1180965171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111809327198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1118093566
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11180938173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3118093,118094,11809524243
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1118093633
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S30511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111809339462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21118093233
Silver  (*)CopperAg11180935186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31118093531
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211180932718


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