Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 284
Youngest recorded age at locality: 266

mindat Locality ID: 233549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cheesewring Quarry
Dunsley Wheal Phoenix
Great Wheal Frederick
Phoenix United Mine
South Phoenix Mine
Wheal Jenkin

Latitude: 50°31'7"N
Longitude: 4°27'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.518611111111,-4.4511111111111

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenolite	Autunite	Beraunite	Brochantite	Brookite	Chalcanthite
Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Chlorite	Clay	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore
Dufrénite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rockbridgeite	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tourmaline	Turquoise

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenolite Autunite Beraunite Brochantite Brookite Chalcanthite
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Chlorite Clay Connellite Copper Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore
Dufrénite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Lazulite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rockbridgeite Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tourmaline Turquoise

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barbosalite ()*	Beraunite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcosiderite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Chenevixite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Dufrénite ()*	Faustite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gorceixite ()*
Hentschelite ()*	Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kidwellite ()*	Langite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rockbridgeite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Strengite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Waylandite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	284	266	1	117857	3419
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O			1	117860	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	284	266	1	117857	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	284	266	1	117857	1310
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	117860	231
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	284	266	1	117857	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	117860,117863	5509
Barbosalite ()*	Lazulite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	117860	43
Beraunite ()*	Beraunite	Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O			1	117860	136
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	284	266	1	117857	606
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	284	266	1	117857	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1	117860	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	284	266	1	117857	700
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			2	117860,117863	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			8	117859,117860,117861,117862,117863,117864,117866,117867	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	117860	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	117863	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	117860	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	117860,117861,117863	27198
Chalcosiderite ()*	Turquoise	CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			4	117860,117861,117863,117864	77
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	117860	577
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂			1	117860	90
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	117860,117863	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			2	117860,117863	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	117860,117863	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	117860	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄			1	117860	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	117860	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	117860,117863	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂			1	117860	179
Dufrénite ()*	Dufrénite	Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O			3	117860,117863,117864	139
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	117860	24
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	284	266	1	117857	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	117860	7437
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	117860	121
Hentschelite ()*	Lazulite	CuFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	117860	20
Hisingerite ()*	Kaolinite Clay	Fe₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·2H₂O			2	117860,117861	144
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	117863,117864	5591
Kidwellite ()*	None	NaFe³⁺_9+x(PO₄)₆(OH)₁₁·3H₂O (x ≈ 0.33)			1	117860	53
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	117860	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)			1	117860	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	117860,117863	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	284	266	2	117857,117860	17380
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)			1	117863	492
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	284	266	1	117857	2349
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O			1	117860	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	284	266	3	117857,117860,117864	326
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄			3	117860,117861,117863	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	284	266	2	117857,117867	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	117860	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	284	266	6	117857,117860,117861,117862,117863,117864	61156
Rockbridgeite ()*	Rockbridgeite	(Fe²⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)₂Fe³⁺₃(PO₄)₃(OH)₅			1	117860	206
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	284	266	1	117857	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	117860	1153
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	284	266	1	117857	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	284	266	2	117857,117860	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	284	266	1	117857	156
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	117860	263
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			2	117860,117863	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	284	266	1	117857	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			3	117860,117861,117863	484
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	117860	31
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	284	266	1	117857	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_036	284	266	275 ± 9	Rb-Sr	Age granite intruded			E 38453						1047	Cheesewring Quarry, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK	Cheesewring Quarry	Darbyshire et al. (1985)	10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159	JGSL142_1159

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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