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:
Great North Downs Mine (incl. Wheal Hawke), Scorrier, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 194323
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194323.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great North Downs Mine (incl. Wheal Hawke), Scorrier, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
South Wheal Hawke (incl. Scorrier Wolfram Prospect)
Wheal Rose

Latitude: 50°15'32"N
Longitude: 5°11'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.258888888889,-5.1986111111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Rutile	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: As Ca Cu F Fe O S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Fluorite None Quartz Rutile Sphalerite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	118242,118243	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	118242	9617
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	118242,118243	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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