Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Wheal Kitty Group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Wheal Kitty Group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
New Polbreen Mine
New Wheal Kitty (Livingstone Consols)
Polbreen Mine
West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock)
Wheal Friendly (West Wheal Pink)
Wheal Primrose

Latitude: 50°18'42"N
Longitude: 5°12'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.311666666667,-5.2047222222222

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stannite	Tourmaline

Bismite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Langite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Connellite Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stannite Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	118437	214
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	118438	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	118436,118437,118438,118439	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	118435,118437,118438,118439	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	118438	295
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	118438,118439	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	118438,118439	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	118438	593
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	118437,118438,118439	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	118435,118437,118438,118439	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	118435	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	118437,118438	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3	118437,118438,118439	668
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	1	118437	56

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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