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Locality Name:
St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 15924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Carbis Bay
Carrack Dews Mine (Carrick Du Mine)
Gool Pellas Mine (Goole Pellas Mine)
Halsetown
Hor Bal (Mungren's Hill Mine)
Knill Quarry
Lelant
Ludgvan Lease Mine
North Battery Mine (Battery Mine)
North Wheal Fortune
Pedn Olva Mine (Pednolver Mine; North Wheal Providence)
St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary)
St Ives Wheal Allen (Wheal Folly)
Trelyon Consols (Trelyon Downs Mine)
Trevarrack Mine (Wheal Thunder)
Trewartha
Wheal Applin
Wheal Ayr (Wheal George; St Ives East Consols)
Wheal Bahavella (Wheal Bravella)
Wheal Margery
Wheal Pencrom
Wheal Racer
Wheal Snuff (Island Consols)
Wheal Tavas
Wheal Trenwith

Latitude: 50°12'12"N
Longitude: 5°29'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.203333333333,-5.4863888888889
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 B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayConnelliteCopper
CorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumLiroconiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTopazTourmaline
VivianiteZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Liroconite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tristramite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22118739,1187513419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11187372734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS6118734,118735,118736,118739,118763,1187689052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211187375509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2118751,1187681966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43118750,118751,1187685516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO219118732,118733,118734,118735,118736,118737,118738,118746,118751,118752,118754,118755,118757,118760,118763,118764,118765,118766,1187685171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1118751925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5118735,118736,118737,118751,1187685707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS210118734,118735,118736,118737,118739,118746,118751,118762,118763,11876827198
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)32118735,118736127
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1118736295
Copper  (*)CopperCu4118735,118736,118737,1187683846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O32118732,1187441797
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4118735,118737,118751,1187682970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211187519895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1118768814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211187519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2118739,11876824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11187687437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11187366890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33118744,118751,11876814640
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O111873518
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23118732,118737,11874612537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211187685800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111873817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2118739,1187442349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28118734,118735,118736,118737,118751,118762,118763,11876839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29118735,118736,118738,118739,118743,118744,118751,118757,11876861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11187394894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)7118735,118737,118738,118744,118751,118757,1187652705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3118731,118739,1187686417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3118734,118739,11876821482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2118737,1187681101
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211187441476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2118735,1187681059
Tristramite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,U4+,Fe3+)(PO4,SO4)·2H2O11187367
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23118735,118762,1187682718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1118731939


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