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Locality Name:
Bounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bounds Cliff, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°35'50"N
Longitude: 4°47'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.597222222222,-4.795

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 As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Barstowite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Barstowite  (*)NonePb4(CO3)Cl6·H2O011
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S170100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O30179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317



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