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Locality Name:
St Buryan, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 279
Youngest recorded age at locality: 267

mindat Locality ID: 189648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Buryan, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Boscawen Cliff
Carn Silver
Lamorna Cove
Penberth
Rosemodress Cliff

Latitude: 50°3'15"N
Longitude: 5°35'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.054166666667,-5.5875
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 B Ca F Fe H Na O Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClinozoisiteEpidoteNoneQuartzRutileTopazTourmaline

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Epidote  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211185165171
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2792672118514,1185158173
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111851361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11185132705
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F227926711185151476


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Lucy_163274.6273274.6 - 273Pb-U/Pb-PbRange of ages given with 206Pb/238U, 207Pb/235U and 207Pb/206Pb.whole rockCORN-61 (2)    189652Lamorna Cove, St Buryan, Cornwall, England, UKLamorna CaveChen et al (1993)10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183JGSL150_1183Analytical data for igneous monazites with sample and (analysis) numbers
Lucy_164270.9268.9269.9 ± 140Ar-39ArIntergrated age of Cornubian BatholithmuscoviteCORN-61  Muscovite  189652Lamorna Cove, St Buryan, Cornwall, England, UKLamorna CaveChen et al (1993)10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183JGSL150_1183Analytical data for micas
Lucy_165271.8270270.9 ± 0.940Ar-39ArIntergrated age of Cornubian BatholithbiotiteCORN-61    189652Lamorna Cove, St Buryan, Cornwall, England, UKLamorna CaveChen et al (1993)10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183JGSL150_1183Analytical data for micas
Lucy_225279267273 ± 6K-ArAge of Land's End Granitebiotite     189652Lamorna Cove, St Buryan, Cornwall, England, UKLamorna Cave QuarryMiller et al (1964)10.1002/gj.3350040109GJ4_105New ages on the granites and derived rocks

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