Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Tamar, Landulph, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 165
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 1405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Tamar, Landulph, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°26'38"N
Longitude: 4°12'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.443888888889,-4.2075

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.

Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	165	165	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	165	165	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	165	165	24243
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	165	165	21482

1 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_275	165	165	165		Galena age for North Wheal Tamar		galena				Galena			1405	Wheal Tamar, Landulph, Cornwall, England, UK	North Wheal Tamar	Darnley et al. (1965)		MM34_159	These results have been calculated using Moorbath's constants, from the tables compiled by Pockley (1961)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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