Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
South Tamar Consols (South Tamar Mine; Cowes Mine; Incl. Cleave Mine; Birch Mine), Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 123604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Tamar Consols (South Tamar Mine; Cowes Mine; Incl. Cleave Mine; Birch Mine), Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°27'34"N
Longitude: 4°12'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.459444444444,-4.2047222222222

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Linarite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Diaspore Fluorite Linarite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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