Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 55

mindat Locality ID: 1309
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1309.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°8'3"N
Longitude: 5°41'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.134166666667,-5.6877777777778

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Compreignacite
Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Stibnite	Vivianite	Wagnerite	Zippeite

Actinolite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Compreignacite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Nováčekite-I ()*	Lavendulan ()*	Malachite ()*	Neotocite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Triploidite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranopilite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Waylandite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sn U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bismutite Calcite Chalcanthite Compreignacite
Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Stibnite Vivianite Wagnerite Zippeite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	61	55	3419
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	61	55	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	61	55	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	61	55	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	61	55	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	61	55	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	61	55	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	61	55	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	61	55	925
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	61	55	3531
Compreignacite ()*	Compreignacite	K₂(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·7H₂O	61	55	27
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	61	55	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	61	55	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	61	55	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	61	55	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	61	55	14640
Nováčekite-I ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	61	55	55
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	61	55	149
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	61	55	12537
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	61	55	186
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	61	55	428
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	61	55	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	61	55	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61	55	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	61	55	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	61	55	6417
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	61	55	1059
Triploidite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)(OH)	61	55	29
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	61	55	2718
Uranopilite ()*	None	(UO₂)₆(SO₄)O₂(OH)₆·14H₂O	61	55	94
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	61	55	636
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	61	55	31
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	61	55	175

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_081	270	100	270-100	40Ar - 39Ar	Lodes post-dating elvan intrusion and primary mineralization.					Yes				1265	St Just, Cornwall, England, UK	St Just	Hawkes et al. (1978		US4_51	Possibility of hydrothermal degassing of lode material around 210 Ma and 215 Ma which overprints a primary formation age of roughly 270 Ma. New mineral growth may have occurred close to 165 Ma with further hydrothermal activity at about 100 Ma. Adularia from veins in the Lizard Complex also provides indication
	Lucy_255	61	55	58 ± 3	206Pb/238U	Using Pockleys Interpretations, it is acceptable to say that South Terras, Geevor, and Wheal Owles are not reliable indications of Tertiary mineralization.									1309	Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK	Wheal Owles	Darnley et al. (1965)		MM34_159	Late infilling

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