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Locality Name:
Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1255
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1255.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Carbis Bay Sands
East Wheal Providence
Hawk's Point Mine (Hawkes Point Mine; Wheal Fanny Adela)
Providence Mines
South Wheal Providence (South Wheal Speed)

Latitude: 50°11'38"N
Longitude: 5°27'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.193888888889,-5.4641666666667
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: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Si Sn U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe O P Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayConnelliteCopperCorundumFluoriteGypsum
LiroconiteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRutileSphalerite
TourmalineZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Liroconite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tristramite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11187372734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3118734,118735,1187369052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211187375509
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO27118732,118733,118734,118735,118736,118737,1187385171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3118735,118736,1187375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS24118734,118735,118736,11873727198
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)32118735,118736127
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1118736295
Copper  (*)CopperCu3118735,118736,1187373846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311187321797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2118735,1187372970
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11187366890
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O111873518
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22118732,11873712537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111873817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24118734,118735,118736,11873739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23118735,118736,11873861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3118735,118737,1187382705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111873421482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11187371101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11187351059
Tristramite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,U4+,Fe3+)(PO4,SO4)·2H2O11187367
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211187352718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)0939


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