Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 241532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Drakewalls Mine
Wheal Arthur (Wheal Phoenix; Slime Veor Mine)
Wheal Edward

Latitude: 50°30'38"N
Longitude: 4°13'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.510555555556,-4.2180555555556
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 Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChildreniteColumbiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTurquoise

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcosiderite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Galena  (*)Langite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211172522162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3117252,117253,1172549052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32117252,1172531935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611172521633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21117252700
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23117252,117253,1172545171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23117252,117253,11725427198
Chalcosiderite  (*)TurquoiseCuFe3+6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O111725277
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O111725293
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1117254551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2117252,11725324243
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2117252,117254593
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211172525800
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1117252428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1117252309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23117252,117253,11725439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117252,117253,11725461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211172525614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11172521153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11172526417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111725321482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O1117252263


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070316Drakewalls Mine, Drakewalls, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R070316

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...