Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Padstow, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 19244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Padstow, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Credis Mine (Cridis Mine; Criddis Mine)
Gunver Head
North Trelether Mine (North Treleather Mine)
Old Trelether Mine (Great Trelether Mine)
Porthmissen Beach
Wheal Jubilee

Latitude: 50°32'28"N
Longitude: 4°57'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.541111111111,-4.9566666666667

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.

Atacamite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Dundasite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Tetrahedrite

Boleite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*
Paratacamite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Dundasite None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	1	118061	65
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	118061	49
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	118059	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	118065	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	118059,118061,118062	27198
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	1	118061	43
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄	1	118061	57
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	118061	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	118061,118062	24243
Paratacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₃(Cu,Zn)Cl₂(OH)₆	1	118061	158
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	1	118061	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	118059	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	118059,118061,118065	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	118059,118061,118065	6417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	118061	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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