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Locality Name:
Perran St George And Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 221791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perran St George And Droskyn Mines, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Perran St George Mine (Perran Great St George Mine; Great St George Mine; Perran St George United Mine)
Perran United Mine (Wheal Perran United)
Wheal Droskyn
Wheal Perran

Latitude: 50°20'31"N
Longitude: 5°9'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.341944444444,-5.1619444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Devilline	Diaspore
Lepidocrocite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Topaz

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Botallackite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Langite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Devilline Diaspore
Lepidocrocite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Topaz

25 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	1	118181	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	118180	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	118180,118184	5516
Botallackite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	118180	49
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	118180	1633
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	118180,118181,118183,118184	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	118180	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	118180,118184	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	118180,118181,118183,118184	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	118180	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	118180	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	118180	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	118180	366
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	118180,118183,118184	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	118180	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	118180	30554
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	118180	593
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	118180	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	118180	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	118180,118181,118184	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	118180,118181,118183,118184	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	118180	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	118180,118181,118184	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	2	118180,118184	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	118183	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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