Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tamar Consols (Tamar Mines), Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 241749
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-241749.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamar Consols (Tamar Mines), Bere Alston (Beeralstone; Incl. Bere Alston Mines; Old Beer Mines; Tamar Silver-Lead Mines), Bere Ferrers (Beer Ferris), West Devon, Devon, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
North Hooe Mine (Hancock And North Tamar Mine)
South Hooe Mine (Tamar Silver-Lead Mine)

Latitude: 50°28'16"N
Longitude: 4°13'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.471111111111,-4.2202777777778

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: As C Ca F Fe O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Fe O Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Fluorite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	0		2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	120411,120412	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	120411,120412	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	120411,120412	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	120411,120412	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	120411	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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