Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK

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

mindat Locality ID: 236938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-236938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
South Caradon Mine
Wheal Hooper (South Caradon Wheal Hooper)

Latitude: 50°30'5"N
Longitude: 4°26'17"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.501388888889,-4.4380555555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Stibnite	Tourmaline	Woodwardite
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Tenorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Woodwardite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Stibnite Tourmaline Woodwardite
Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	284	266	1	118520	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	284	266	1	118520	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	284	266	1	118520	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	284	266	1	118520	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	284	266	1	118520	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	284	266	1	118520	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	284	266	1	118520	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	284	266	1	118520	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	284	266	1	118520	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	284	266	1	118520	577
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	284	266	1	118520	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	284	266	1	118520	2970
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	284	266	1	118520	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	284	266	1	118520	9617
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	284	266	1	118520	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	284	266	1	118520	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	284	266	1	118520	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	284	266	1	118520	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	284	266	1	118520	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	284	266	1	118520	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	284	266	1	118520	5614
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	284	266	1	118520	1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	284	266	1	118520	2718
Woodwardite ()*	Woodwardite Hydrotalcite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)	284	266	1	118520	57
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	284	266	1	118520	5251

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_039	284	266	275 ± 9	Rb-Sr	Age granite intruded			B 5						236938	Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK	Quarry W. Caradon Hll	Darbyshire et al. (1985)	10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159	JGSL142_1159

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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