Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 19250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Porthleven, Cornwall, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Hanson Mines (Anson Mines)
Loe Bar
Wheal Jane
Wheal Penrose
Wheal Rib
Wheal Rose (Wheal Lomax)
Wheal Saturn
Wheal Treeza (Wheal Treza)

Latitude: 50°5'13"N
Longitude: 5°18'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.086944444444,-5.3111111111111

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Dundasite	Fluorite
Lepidocrocite	Linarite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boleite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Dundasite Fluorite
Lepidocrocite Linarite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	118208	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	118208,118210	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	118208	9052
Boleite ()*	None	KAg₉Pb₂₆Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈	2	118208,118210	65
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	118208	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	118208,118210	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	118208,118210	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	118205,118207,118208,118210	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	118210	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	118210	97
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	118208	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	118208,118210	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	118210	14640
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	118210	49
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	118208	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	118208	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	118208,118210	1107
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	118210	46
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	2	118208,118210	142
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	118205,118208,118210	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	118208,118210	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	118206,118208,118210	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	118208	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	118208,118210	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	118208,118210	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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