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Locality Name:
St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 191077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Castle-an-Dinas
Old Castle-an-Dinas Mine
Trebudannon

Latitude: 50°18'27"N
Longitude: 4°57'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.3075,-4.9552777777778
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 B Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenicArsenopyriteClayCopperFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskiteQuartzRutileSkutteruditeStibniteTopazTourmalineTurquoiseVivianite
Wavellite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Topaz  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11185569052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2118556,1185601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32118556,1185601935
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O1118556280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22118556,1185575171
Copper  (*)CopperCu11185563846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11185562970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1118560814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211185569617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411185565591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21118556762
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11185602994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)211185562273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22118556,11856061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6111855640
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11185562705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11185561153
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31118560531
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211185561476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O1118556484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O1118556374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060860Castle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060860

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