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Locality Name:
Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 18739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanreath, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Herodsfoot Mine (North Herodsfoot Mine)
South Herodsfoot Mine

Latitude: 50°24'32"N
Longitude: 4°30'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.408888888889,-4.5163888888889
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteXanthoconite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2117824,1178252734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22117824,1178253092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11178243250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111782411547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32117824,1178251089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111782427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11178244979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111782427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211178249895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2117824,11782524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11178246890
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21117824265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21117824987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111782412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211178245674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211178245800
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311178241425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22117824,11782539462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3111782484
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22117824,11782561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2117824,1178256417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2117824,11782521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311178243418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2117824,1178252045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311178245317


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