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Locality Name:
Gravel Hill Mine (Cliff Iron Mine; Penhale Iron Mine), Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gravel Hill Mine (Cliff Iron Mine; Penhale Iron Mine), Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode), Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°22'27"N
Longitude: 5°8'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.374166666667,-5.145
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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArthuriteBaryteBerauniteCalciteCarminiteCoronadite
CorundumDiasporeDundasiteFluoriteGypsumLepidocrociteMarcasiteNonePhosphosideritePyrite
QuartzRockbridgeiteRocksaltSphaleriteStrunziteSulphur

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Akaganeite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Corkite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Eleonorite  (*)Ferrostrunzite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Whitmoreite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O063
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O0136
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O081
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O097
Eleonorite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O051
Ferrostrunzite  (*)StrunziteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O019
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)097
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)50206
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O0263
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O098
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O036


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