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Locality Name:
Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 231
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 14166
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14166.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Buttern Hill Placers
Treburland Manganese Deposits
Treburland Mine
Tregune Mine
Trewint
Wheal Bray
Wheal Vincent

Latitude: 50°35'43"N
Longitude: 4°31'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.595277777778,-4.5244444444444
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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLöllingite
MalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bementite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tephroite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11171798803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311171791534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11171799052
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)81117179173
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O1117179178
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)21117179101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111717927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23117180,117183,1171855171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111717927198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611171794135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211171799617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111717924243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61117179741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32117178,1171855433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111717912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211171795674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211171795800
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61117178170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223102117179,11718439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211171793106
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)10111717938
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811171799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223102117179,11718461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs223101117184233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)11171791711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1117179969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11171794894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)311171791214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111717921482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)1117179240
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2231011171842718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1011171791395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311171791247


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Lucy_235169161165 ± 4206 Pb/238UAge of Pitchblende      844Wheal Bray, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UKWheal BrayDarnley et al. (1965) MM34_159 
Lucy_246231091 ± 140207Pb/206PbIsotopic Age of Uranite NCL1015    844Wheal Bray, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UKWheal BrayDarnley et al. (1965) MM34_159(Ages taken from table with unclear titles) Chemical analysis of Pb. Analysis of 204Pb.
Lucy_247169161165 ± 4206Pb/238UIsotopic Age of Uranite NCL1015    844Wheal Bray, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UKWheal BrayDarnley et al. (1965) MM34_159(Ages taken from table with unclear titles) Chemical analysis of U. Analysis of 206Pb.
Lucy_248170150160 ± 10207Pb/235UIsotopic Age of Uranite NCL1015    844Wheal Bray, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UKWheal BrayDarnley et al. (1965) MM34_159(Ages taken from table with unclear titles) Chemical analysis of U. Analysis of 207Pb.
Lucy_262169161165 ± 4206Pb/238UUsing Pockleys Interpretations, it is acceptable to say that South Terras, Geevor, and Wheal Owles are not reliable indications of Tertiary mineralization.      844Wheal Bray, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UKWheal BrayDarnley et al. (1965) MM34_159 

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