Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Marazion, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 19240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19240.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Marazion Beach
Prosper United Mines (Marazion Mines)
Tolvadden Mine
Wheal Crab (Wheal Chippendale)
Wheal Jewell

Latitude: 50°7'36"N
Longitude: 5°28'1"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.126666666667,-5.4669444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Beryl	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Beryl ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Be C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	117960	4286
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	117963	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	117960,117962,117963,117965	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	117962	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	117963	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	1	117963	144
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	117965	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	117962,117963	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	117963	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	117962	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	117962,117963	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	117963	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	117962	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	117962	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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