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Locality Name:
Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 233634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East Phoenix Mine
Marke Valley Mine

Latitude: 50°31'11"N
Longitude: 4°26'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.519722222222,-4.4366666666667
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 Cl Cu Fe H K O P S Si Sn Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBrochantiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperMalachiteMixiteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileSphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Y)  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Liskeardite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111787290
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411178725516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611178721633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22117871,1178725171
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1117872194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23117871,117872,11787327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11178723531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1117872295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11178723846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11178722970
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1117872234
Liskeardite  (*)None(Al,Fe)32(AsO4)18(OH)42(H2O)22·52H2O11178725
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111787212537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1117872492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1117872105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1117872428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111787239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111787261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111787221482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11178721101


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