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Locality Name:
Prideaux, Luxulyan (Luxullian), Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 222099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prideaux, Luxulyan (Luxullian), Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lady Rashleigh Consols
Orchard Quarry
Prideaux Wood Mine (Wheal Kendall)
Treffry Consols (Wheal Treffry)
Wheal Par (Pol Pry Mine)

Latitude: 50°22'17"N
Longitude: 4°43'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.371388888889,-4.7269444444444
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: Al As B Bi Cu Fe H K Na O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayDiasporeFeldsparKaoliniteNonePharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRutileStibniteTourmaline

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11179299052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311179291935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23117927,117929,1179315171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111792927198
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11179297437
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411179315591
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11179272994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11179282349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1117929428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111792939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117927,117929,11793061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11179282705


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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