Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
West Clifford United Mines, Carharrack, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 194317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Clifford United Mines, Carharrack, Carharrack, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Carqueen Mine
Ting Tang Mine
Wheal Moyle

Latitude: 50°13'23"N
Longitude: 5°11'3"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.223055555556,-5.1841666666667

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite
Clay	Connellite	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Liroconite	Malachite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Ceruleite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Liroconite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Arsenopyrite Autunite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite
Clay Connellite Copper Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Liroconite Malachite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

38 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	117374	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	117374	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	117374,117375	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	117374	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	117374,117375	5171
Ceruleite ()*	None	CuAl₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₈(H₂O)₄	1	117374	19
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	117374	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	117374,117375	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	117374	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	117374,117375	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	1	117374	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	117374,117375	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	1	117374	127
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	117374	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	117374,117375	3846
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	117374	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2	117374,117375	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	117374	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	117374	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117374	5591
Liroconite ()*	Liroconite	Cu₂Al(AsO₄)(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	117374	18
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	117374,117375	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	117374	915
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	117374	443
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	117374	182
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	117374	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	117374	2349
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	117374	105
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	1	117374	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	117374	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	117374,117375	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	117374	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	117374	6417
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	1	117374	90
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	117374,117375	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	117374,117375	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	117374,117375	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	117374	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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