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Locality Name:
St Kew, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 18544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Kew, Cornwall, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Pendogget Mine
Pengenna Mine
Trelill Quarry
Trevinnick Mine
Trewane United Mine
Trewethen Mine

Latitude: 50°34'39"N
Longitude: 4°46'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.5775,-4.7811111111111
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteDundasiteLepidocrociteLinarite
MalachiteNadoriteNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Nadorite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2118895,1188982734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22118896,1188983092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1118896363
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61118902413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72118896,118898450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112118896,118898843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311188961089
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11188984979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211189029895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O2118896,11889897
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3118895,118898,11890224243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143118895,118896,118898784
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1118902581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21118898987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111889812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2118898,1189021107
Nadorite  (*)NadoritePbSb3+O2Cl111889818
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111890239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11188981725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23118895,118898,11890261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4118895,118896,118898,1189026417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2118898,11890221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311188953418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132118896,1188975317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O31118898369


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