Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bissa Pool Mine (Bissoe Pool Mine)

Latitude: 50°14'29"N
Longitude: 5°9'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.241388888889,-5.1583333333333

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	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Gypsum	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vivianite

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Spangolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Gypsum Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spangolite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	117637	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	0		105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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