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Locality Name:
Wheal Falmouth, Falmouth And Sperries Mine, Baldhu, Kea, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 194328
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194328.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Falmouth, Falmouth And Sperries Mine, Baldhu, Kea, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°15'2"N
Longitude: 5°7'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.250555555556,-5.1183333333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As C Cl Co Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Co Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNonePerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteRocksalt
RutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteVivianite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Langite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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