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Locality Name:
Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 221755
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221755.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine)
North Wheal Alfred
South Wheal Alfred (Bandowers Mine; Wheal Drunk)
Wheal Alfred

Latitude: 50°10'56"N
Longitude: 5°23'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.182222222222,-5.3897222222222
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 Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H La Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMalachiteMixite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Agardite-(Nd)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Opal  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111769843
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111769833
Agardite-(Nd)  (*)MixiteNdCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111769818
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111769890
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42117695,1176985516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111769827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22117695,1176985171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2117695,1176984979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2117695,1176985707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22117695,11769827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl2117695,1176981382
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2117695,1176982970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22117695,1176989617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2117695,11769824243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111769812537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2117695,1176981107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1117698168
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11176982994
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61117698170
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22117695,11769839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2117695,1176981725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22117695,11769861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg11176985186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2117695,11769821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41117698586
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2117695,1176981101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311176955317


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