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Locality Name:
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath And Par, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath And Par, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lanescot Mine
Polharmon Mine

Latitude: 50°22'20"N
Longitude: 4°41'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.372222222222,-4.6947222222222

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: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineDiasporeMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRhabdophane
RocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteVivianite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311191811935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211191815171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11191815707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111918127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11191813846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111918139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111918161156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O066
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11191815186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111918121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41119181668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059



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