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Locality Name:
Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 233620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caradon Consols
East Wheal Agar
West Caradon Mine

Latitude: 50°30'4"N
Longitude: 4°27'18"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.501111111111,-4.455
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperFluoriteHydrotalciteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzSpangoliteWoodwardite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spangolite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11185399052
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11185395707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1118539194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23118537,118539,11854127198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1118539295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11185393846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2118537,1185392970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211185399617
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1118539593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111853912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111853939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111853961156
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O2118539,118540105
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11185391101
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)111853957


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