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Locality Name:
Tywardreath And Par, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 18553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tywardreath And Par, Cornwall, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance)
South Fowey Consols
Wheal Maudlin
Wheal Union

Latitude: 50°21'43"N
Longitude: 4°42'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.361944444444,-4.7019444444444

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cl O Pb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCopperDevillineDiaspore
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartz
RhabdophaneRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteVivianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
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)211191803419
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1119180445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211191805509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32119180,1191811935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411191805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611191801633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23119180,119181,1191835171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2119180,1191815707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1119180194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22119180,11918127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu2119180,1191813846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11191802970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1119180366
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11191802740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111918024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11191807437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11191801689
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1119180593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111918014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111918012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211191805674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1119180915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11191801066
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1119180633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As31119180176
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl20142
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1119180309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22119180,11918139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22119180,11918161156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O111918066
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11191806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2119180,1191815186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31119180531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11191802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2119180,11918121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS42119180,119181668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311191803418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11191801101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11191801059



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