Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
East Tamar Consols, Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 1525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Tamar Consols, Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Furzehill Mine (East Tamar Mine; Incl. Whitsam Down Mine)
Lockridge Mine (Goldstreet Mine)

Latitude: 50°28'19"N
Longitude: 4°12'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.471944444444,-4.2030555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Sulphur Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

13 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)	2	120404,120405	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	120404	5509
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	120404,120405	4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	120404,120405	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	120404,120405	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	120404,120405	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	120404,120405	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	120405	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	120404,120405	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	120405	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	120405	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	120405	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	120405	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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