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Locality Name:
Port Quin, St Minver, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 240726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Port Quin, St Minver, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gilson's Cove Mine
Port Quin Beach
Port Quin Mine

Latitude: 50°35'16"N
Longitude: 4°52'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.587777777778,-4.8691666666667
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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenoliteCalciteDundasiteMeneghiniteNadoriteNonePyrochloreQuartz
SphaleriteStibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Nadorite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O1118953470
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211189533092
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71118953450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111895327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2118952,1189534979
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O111895397
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142118952,118953784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21118952230
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S241118953158
Nadorite  (*)NadoritePbSb3+O2Cl2118952,11895318
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22118951,11895361156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O31118953179
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111895121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311189533418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32118952,118953369


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