Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines)
Blindwell Wood
Great Whiterock Wood
Local Ploughed Fields
Skithead Wood
Whitestone Mine

Latitude: 50°28'39"N
Longitude: 4°9'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.4775,-4.1641666666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Diaspore	Fluorite
Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Childrenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wurtzite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Diaspore Fluorite
Linarite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	4	120404,120405,120409,120410	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120409	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	120410	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	120404	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	120422	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	120402	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	120402	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	120402,120404,120405,120409,120410	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	120422	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	120422	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	120402	93
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	120402	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	8	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413,120419,120422	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	7	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413,120419	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	120409	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	120409	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	120409	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	120422	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	120410	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	120402	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413,120422	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	120402	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	120402	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	120402,120404,120405,120409,120411,120412,120413,120419,120422	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	120402,120405	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	120409	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	120404,120405,120409,120411,120419,120422	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	120405,120409	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	120405	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	120405	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	2	120405,120409	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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