Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prosper United Mines (Marazion Mines), St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 221765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prosper United Mines (Marazion Mines), St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Trevarthian Downs Mine (Trevarthen Mine)
Wheal Prosper

Latitude: 50°8'15"N
Longitude: 5°26'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.1375,-5.4444444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Linarite	Malachite	Melanterite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Linarite ()*
Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Linarite Malachite Melanterite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	118696,118697	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	118696,118697	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	118696	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	118696,118697	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	118696,118697	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	118697	2970
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	118696	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	118696,118697	24243
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	118696	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	118697	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	118697	915
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	118697	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	118696,118697	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	118696	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	118696,118697	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	118696	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	118697	292
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	118696,118697	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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