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Locality Name:
Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 277.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 266

mindat Locality ID: 221606
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221606.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bedlam Green China Clay Works
Castle-an-Dinas Quarry
New West Wheal Reeth (Baldhu Mine)

Latitude: 50°9'53"N
Longitude: 5°31'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.164722222222,-5.5172222222222

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: Al As B Fe H K Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteClayFeldsparKaoliniteNoneQuartzRutileTourmaline

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11179019052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211179015171
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411178995591
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)277.126611179002349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111789961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)277.12662117899,1179002705



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Lucy_014Age of granite


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Lucy_014270266268 ± 287Sr/86Sr ratio, Rb-Sr.Age granite intruded E 38249, E 38250, E 38251    221607Castle-an-Dinas Quarry, Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UKCastle and Dinas QuarryDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159 
Lucy_166277.1276.7277.1 - 276.7Pb-U/Pb-PbRange of ages given with 206Pb/238U, 207Pb/235U and 207Pb/206Pb.whole rockCORN-217 (3,4)    221607Castle-an-Dinas Quarry, Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UKCastle-an-Dinas QuarryChen et al (1993)10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183JGSL150_1183Analytical data for igneous monazites with sample and (analysis) numbers
Lucy_167273.2272272.6 ± 0.640Ar-39ArIntergrated age of Cornubian BatholithmuscoviteCORN-217  Muscovite  221607Castle-an-Dinas Quarry, Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UKCastle-an-Dinas QuarryChen et al (1993)10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183JGSL150_1183Analytical data for micas


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