Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Rose (Wheal Lomax), Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1152.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Rose (Wheal Lomax), Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°4'28"N
Longitude: 5°18'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.074444444444,-5.3013888888889

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Dundasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Boleite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Laurionite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Dundasite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	65
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	49
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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