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Locality Name:
Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 248942
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248942.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Busveal, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cathedral Mine

Latitude: 50°13'43"N
Longitude: 5°12'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.228611111111,-5.2011111111111
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 Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStibnite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11185639052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311185631935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611185631633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211185635171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11185635707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1118563194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111856327198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1118563295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11185633846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11185632970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211185639895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211185639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111856324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11185637437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111856314640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1118563593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111856312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211185635674
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1118563492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11185632994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1118563428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1118563309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111856339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111856361156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11185631153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111856321482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11185631059


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