Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 15925
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15925.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Charlotte United Mine (New Wheal Charlotte; North Wheal Towan)
East Tywarnhayle Mine
Lushington Cove
Porthtowan Beach
South Wheal Towan
Tywarnhayle Mine (Wheal Rock)
Wheal Charlotte (Great Wheal Charlotte)
Wheal Clarence (Nancekuke Mine; Incl. New Dolcoath Mine)
Wheal Lushington (West Wheal Towan)
Wheal Music
Wheal Towan (Towan Consols)

Latitude: 50°17'6"N
Longitude: 5°14'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.285,-5.2344444444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcoalumite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper
Devilline	Diaspore	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcoalumite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper
Devilline Diaspore Löllingite Malachite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	118388,118390,118398	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	118400	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	118392	9052
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	118391	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	118390	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	12	118384,118385,118388,118390,118391,118396,118398,118399,118400,118401,118402,118404	5171
Chalcoalumite ()*	Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	1	118390	91
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	118386,118403	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	12	118383,118386,118388,118389,118390,118392,118395,118398,118400,118401,118403,118404	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	118392	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	118390,118403	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	118390,118403	2970
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	118392	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	118392,118398,118400	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	118388	7437
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	118392	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	118388,118390,118403	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	118383,118386,118389,118392,118395,118396,118401,118404	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	118392	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	118383,118386,118388,118389,118392,118395,118398,118400,118401,118404	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	118403	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	118390	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	118386,118388,118404	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	2	118391,118392	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	118388,118390,118396,118398,118400,118404	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	118390	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	3	118389,118390,118395	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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