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Locality Name:
Tresavean Mine, Lanner, Lanner, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 25726
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25726.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tresavean Mine, Lanner, Lanner, Cornwall, England, UK": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
East Tresavean Mine (Treviskey United Mines)
Tretharrup Mine
Trethellan Mine
West Tresavean Mine (Bell And Lanner Mine)
West Trethellan Mine
Wheal Brewer

Latitude: 50°12'30"N
Longitude: 5°12'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.208333333333,-5.2
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 Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteEpsomiteEttringiteFluorite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)40246
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4117814,117815,117816,1178199052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO24117814,117815,117818,1178195171
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4019
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11178165707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22117814,11781627198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)20179
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O093
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22117814,1178169617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1117816188
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22117814,11781639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117814,117815,11781661156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3117814,117815,11781621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41117813668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101


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