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Locality Name:
Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 222058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boscoppa Mine
Carlyon Bay
Charlestown United And Cuddra Consolidated Mines
Par Valley Mine
Polmear Cliff
South Cuddra Mine

Latitude: 50°20'27"N
Longitude: 4°44'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.340833333333,-4.7466666666667
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChildreniteConnelliteCopperNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Langite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2117385,1173989052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61117398413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411173855516
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)21117398178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO27117381,117389,117391,117393,117394,117396,1173975171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2117385,1173975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25117383,117385,117386,117387,11739727198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O2117384,11738593
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1117385295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11173853846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11173852970
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11173852740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4117383,117385,117386,11739824243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1117385593
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1117398428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25117383,117385,117386,117387,11739839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117383,117385,11739861156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11173851153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11173856417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11173855186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4117383,117384,117385,11739821482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11173971101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311173855317


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