Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 194314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Great Consolidated Mines
United Mines (Gwennap United Mines)

Latitude: 50°13'52"N
Longitude: 5°9'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.231111111111,-5.1597222222222

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117617	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	117625	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	117618,117625	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	117619,117623	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	117617,117625	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	117624,117628	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	117624	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	6	117619,117623,117624,117625,117628,117629	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	117617	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	4	117617,117619,117628,117629	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	117624	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	117617,117618,117620,117623,117624,117625,117628,117629	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	117619	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	7	117617,117619,117623,117624,117625,117626,117628	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	117624	109
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	5	117617,117619,117623,117624,117628	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	117617,117619,117624,117625	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	117629	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	117620	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	117617	6890
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	117619	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	117619,117623,117624	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	117629	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	117624	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	117624	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	117624	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	117617,117629	5800
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	2	117619,117624	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	117617	2349
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	117619,117624	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	117617,117618,117620,117623,117624	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	117617,117618,117619,117620,117623,117624,117625,117626,117628	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	117617,117620	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	117625,117626	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	117617,117618,117624,117625	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	117623,117624	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	117617,117624	1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	117623	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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