Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1212
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1212.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°30'8"N
Longitude: 4°26'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.502222222222,-4.4408333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Woodwardite
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Woodwardite ()*	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 B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti U Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Stibnite Tourmaline Woodwardite
Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	57
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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