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Locality Name:
Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 19237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Greystone Wood Mine
Greystones Quarry
Trebullet Mine
Trenute Mine

Latitude: 50°35'25"N
Longitude: 4°20'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.590277777778,-4.3377777777778

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDiasporeDundasiteFeldsparHarmotome
KaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteWollastonite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schmiederite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11178462734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22117846,1178473092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11178463250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61117846919
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71117846450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS311178461089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611178461633
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)21117846101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111784627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61117846359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11178464979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22117845,11784627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11178463531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811178461756
Copper  (*)CopperCu11178463846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11178464165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)111784681
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11178462970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1117846378
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41117847651
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161117846300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211178469895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O111784697
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O111784685
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111784624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11178467437
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1117846290
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O41117846350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111784614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11178461689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21117846201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611178461066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611178462228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21117846265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21117846987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111784614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111784612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211178465674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11178464924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS11178461066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11178461107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)1117846362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111784617380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61117846477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1117846309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111784639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22117845,1178463106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11178461725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811178469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22117845,11784661156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)2117845,117846969
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)21117846454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211178465614
Schmiederite  (*)LinariteCu2Pb2(Se4+O3)(Se6+O4)(OH)4111784613
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11178466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11178465186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11178462473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111784621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)2117847,117848446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32117847,1178483418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311178465317
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl1117846605
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)111784663
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411178461655



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