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Locality Name:
St Mewan, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1320
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1320.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Mewan, Cornwall, England, UK": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Longstone Downs
Polgooth
Pothole
Sticker
Trewoon

Latitude: 50°20'8"N
Longitude: 4°49'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.335555555556,-4.8322222222222
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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteMilleriteNickelineNonePerovskite
PyriteQuartzRutileSkutteruditeVivianiteWavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1118931445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2118929,1189369052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111892927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO24118929,118933,118934,1189395171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111892927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211189299895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1118929814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211189369617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111893914640
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11189311066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1118931633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2118926,1189362994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111892939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111892961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11189316417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31118929531
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11189361059
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1118931374


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