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Locality Name:
Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 289
Youngest recorded age at locality: 266

mindat Locality ID: 1210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°30'15"N
Longitude: 4°27'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.504166666667,-4.4552777777778

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Brookite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Connellite
Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Stibnite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brochantite Brookite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Connellite
Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Stibnite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	289	266	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	289	266	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	289	266	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	289	266	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	289	266	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	289	266	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	289	266	700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	289	266	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	289	266	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	289	266	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	289	266	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	289	266	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	289	266	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	289	266	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	289	266	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	289	266	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	289	266	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	289	266	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	289	266	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	289	266	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	289	266	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	289	266	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	289	266	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	289	266	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	289	266	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	289	266	1153
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	289	266	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	289	266	2718
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	289	266	95
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	289	266	5251

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_035a	284	266	275 ± 9	Rb-Sr	Age granite intruded			E 38452, B 3						1210	Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK	Craddock Moor Quarry	Darbyshire et al. (1985)	10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159	JGSL142_1159
	Lucy_035b	289	285	287 ± 2	Rb-Sr	Preferred Age determined in study			B 3, B 3 KFeldspar, B 3Plag., B 3Bio., B 3Musc.						1210	Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK	Craddock Moor Quarry	Darbyshire et al. (1985)	10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159	JGSL142_1159	Believed that the mineral isochron provides the best estimate of age implacement of Bodmin granite

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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