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Locality Name:
St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bodelva
East Wheal Unity
Par Consols
Par Valley Mine
South Par Mine
St Blazey Consols (South Prideaux Wood Mine)
Tasman Mine
West Fowey Consols
Wheal Madeline

Latitude: 50°21'8"N
Longitude: 4°43'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.352222222222,-4.7205555555556
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 Bi C Cu Fe H K O S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11184989052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211184945509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42118493,1184945516
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)2026
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25118485,118488,118496,118497,1184985171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2118493,1184945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23118488,118493,11849427198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2118493,1184943846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2118493,1184942970
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42118485,1184945591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111849412537
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11184852349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24118488,118493,118494,11849839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24118485,118488,118493,11849461156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3118488,118493,1184946417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3118488,118493,11849421482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2118493,1184941101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311184935317


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