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Locality Name:
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 1558
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1558.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°27'47"N
Longitude: 3°28'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.463055555556,-3.4805555555556

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChrisstanleyiteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeIsomertieite
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
Stillwaterite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrisstanleyite  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Eucairite  (*)
Fischesserite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Isomertieite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Lead  (*)Malachite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nacrite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Penroseite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sideronatrite  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Trüstedtite  (*)Tyrrellite  (*)Umangite  (*)
Verbeekite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)27027003250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270270027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)27027004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270270027198
Chrisstanleyite  (*)ChrisstanleyiteAg2Pd3Se427027006
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2702700281
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2270270054
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42702700651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227027009895
Eucairite  (*)NoneCuAgSe270270054
Fischesserite  (*)NoneAg3AuSe2270270024
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)27027007437
Gold  (*)CopperAu270270030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3270270014640
Isomertieite  (*)IsomertieitePd11Sb2As2270270048
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se6270270063
Lead  (*)CopperPb2702700192
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2270270012537
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5270270044
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2270270017380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42702700112
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se2702700192
Penroseite  (*)Pyrite(Ni,Co,Cu)Se2270270014
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270270039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270270061156
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O270270073
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe270270083
Trüstedtite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2Se427027004
Tyrrellite  (*)SpinelCu(Co,Ni)2Se4270270017
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se2270270071
Verbeekite  (*)NonePdSe227027002



1 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
MM54_485_001270270270        1558Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UKHope's NoseStanley et al. (1990)10.1180/minmag.1990.054.376.13MM54_485No radiometric dates. Hosted in Devonian sequence, age may be "Variscan". This age (270 Ma) represents the earliest "main stage" polymetallic Cu-Sn-W mineralizations within the region


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