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Locality Name:
Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 222237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bissoe Mine (Bissoe Bridge Mine)
Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie)

Latitude: 50°13'48"N
Longitude: 5°8'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.23,-5.1366666666667
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 Ba Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopiapiteCopperCovelliteFeldsparMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11176068803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2117604,11760611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411176045516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23117603,117604,1176065171
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4111760419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111760427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81117604577
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1117604382
Copper  (*)CopperCu2117604,1176053846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11176044165
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211176045674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211176065800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111760417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111760439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111760461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2117604,11760621482


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