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Locality Name:
Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 1114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cligga Mine

Latitude: 50°20'19"N
Longitude: 5°10'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.338611111111,-5.1777777777778
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 Be Bi Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi Cu F Fe H K Na O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteArthuriteAtacamiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteConnellite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeLöllingiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
PhenakitePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTopaz
Vivianite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Auriacusite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrokësterite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Libethenite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natropharmacosiderite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Topaz  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO235925202162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO535925211181751310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35925211181759052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O359252035
Auriacusite  (*)AndalusiteFe3+Cu2+(AsO4)O35925206
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi35925201966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S335925201935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435925205516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3359252111817549
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)635925211181751633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO235925211181755171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35925211181755707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359252111817527198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O3592521118175295
Copper  (*)CopperCu35925211181753846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS35925211181754165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35925211181752970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3592521118175814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3592521118175551
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4359252111817513
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)35925211181757437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3359252014640
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4359252111817582
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O3592521118175149
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)3592520234
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23592521118175762
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O3592521118175182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235925211181755800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2281269017380
Natropharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteNaFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O359252013
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3592520492
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)63592521118175158
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3592521118175428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)3592520326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359252039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359252111817561156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35925211181751153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359252111817521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43592521118175668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12359252111817580
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)3592521118175156
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F235925201476
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2359252111817556


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
Lucy_057275.9266.9271.4 ± 4.5Rb-SrAge of the primary granite micas and the hydrothermal greisen muscovitewhole rock     1114Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UKCligga HeadBray et al. (1983)10.2113/gsecongeo.78.6.1064EG78_1064 
Lucy_058281269275 ± 6K-Ar muscoviteCH/1  Muscovite  1114Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UKCligga HeadLeBoutillier et al. (2003) GSWE10_403 
Lucy_133281269275 ± 6K/ArPrevious K/Ar determination      1114Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UKCligga HeadBray and Spooner (1983)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15EG78_1064 
Lucy_066359252Permo-Carboniferous        1115Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UKCligga HeadKissin and De Alton (1989) CM27_673 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080012Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R080012
R060870Cligga Mine, Cligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060870

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