Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Penhale Sands, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 222405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penhale Sands, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Penhale Mine (Penhale United Mine; Penhale And Lomax Mine)
Phoenix Mine (East Wheal Golden; East Wheal Golding)
Wheal Mary

Latitude: 50°22'41"N
Longitude: 5°8'48"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.378055555556,-5.1466666666667

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	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Linarite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	118148	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	118148	27198
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	118149	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	118148	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	118148,118149	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	118148	7437
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	118148	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	118148	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	118148	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	118148	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	118148	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	118148	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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