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Locality Name:
Crantock, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 216050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crantock, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pentire Point West
The Gannel Smelter Slag Locality

Latitude: 50°24'25"N
Longitude: 5°7'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.406944444444,-5.12
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: C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrochantiteConnelliteCopperGypsumMatlockiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePerovskiteRocksaltSulphurTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Cotunnite  (*)Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diaboleite  (*)Elyite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fiedlerite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lead  (*)Matlockite  (*)Mendipite  (*)
Minium  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)Penfieldite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11174962734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11174963250
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611174961633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11174964979
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1117496295
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl2111749654
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O111749643
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11174962970
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)4111749657
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O111749685
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1117496371
Fiedlerite  (*)NonePb3Cl4F(OH)·H2O00111749614
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111749624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11174966890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)21117496201
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)111749697
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)111749649
Lead  (*)CopperPb1117496192
Matlockite  (*)MatlockitePbClF111749629
Mendipite  (*)NonePb3O2Cl2111749617
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41117496247
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)111749646
Penfieldite  (*)NonePb2Cl3(OH)111749622
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl21117496142
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48111749633
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11174962045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311174965317


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