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Locality Name:
Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George And Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1121
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1121.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine), Perran St George And Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Good Fortune Mine

Latitude: 50°20'11"N
Longitude: 5°10'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.336388888889,-5.1719444444444
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: As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperDevillineDiaspore
LepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11181819052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3049
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211181815171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111818127198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111818139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111818161156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111818121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


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