Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carlyon Bay, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 221813
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-221813.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlyon Bay, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Appletree Mine (South Crinnis Mine)
Crinnis Cliff
Crinnis Mine (Great Crinnis Mine; Carlyon Consolidated Mine)
West Crinnis Mine

Latitude: 50°20'10"N
Longitude: 4°44'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.336111111111,-4.74

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Childrenite	Connellite	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Childrenite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*
Langite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Childrenite Connellite Copper None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

18 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	117385	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	117385	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	117385	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	117383,117385,117386,117387	27198
Childrenite ()*	Childrenite	Fe²⁺Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	117384,117385	93
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	117385	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	117385	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	117385	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	117385	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	117383,117385,117386	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	117385	593
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	117383,117385,117386,117387	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	117383,117385	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	117385	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	117385	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	117385	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	117383,117384,117385	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	117385	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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