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Locality Name:
Duporth, St Austell Bay, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 222081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Duporth, St Austell Bay, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Duporth Beach
Polmear Mine (incl. South Polmear Mine)

Latitude: 50°19'44"N
Longitude: 4°45'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.328888888889,-4.7616666666667
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: As Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211184803419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11184819052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411184815516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211184815171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111848127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111848124243
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111848139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111848161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111848121482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211184803337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211184802562


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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