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Locality Name:
St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 18529
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18529.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Chynoweth Mine
Gurlyn Mine
Treloweth Mine
Treven Mine
Wheal Bell
Wheal Elizabeth
Wheal Gilbert
Wheal Nut (Bosworgy Mine; Busworgie Mine; Lewis Mine)
Wheal Penwith
Wheal Squire
Wheal Tule

Latitude: 50°9'12"N
Longitude: 5°24'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.153333333333,-5.4136111111111
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 Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511186431310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11186402734
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22118639,1186425171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11186435707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111864127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11186413846
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111864124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11186417437
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111864139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11186401725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111864161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111864121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11186411101


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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