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Locality Name:
Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 205206
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205206.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Isaac, St Endellion, Cornwall, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Port Isaac Cliffs
Tresungers Mine (Rose Mine; Wheal Arthur)
Wheal Boys (Trewetha Mine; Old Trewetha Mine)
Wheal Thomas

Latitude: 50°35'16"N
Longitude: 4°49'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.587777777778,-4.8241666666667
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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteNonePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltSartoriteSphaleriteStibniteSulphur

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)
Galena  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Plumosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22118599,1186003092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11185983250
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S42118599,118600343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71118600450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411186005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112118599,118600843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32118599,1186001089
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O42118598,118600352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111860027198
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5111860034
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111860024243
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142118599,118600784
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11186001107
Plumosite  (*)NonePb2Sb2S5111860018
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111860039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111860061156
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S211118600165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11186006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111860021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41118600586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)1118600446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311186003418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11185982045


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