Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Carnsew Quarries, Antron Hill, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 295
Youngest recorded age at locality: 276

mindat Locality ID: 260359
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260359.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carnsew Quarries, Antron Hill, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°10'3"N
Longitude: 5°8'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.1675,-5.1394444444444

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Lucy_023	294	276	285 ± 9	Rb-Sr data	Age granite intruded		C 3, C 4, C 5		260359	Carnsew Quarries, Antron Hill, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK	Carnsew Quarry	Darbyshire et al. (1985)	10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159	JGSL142_1159
Lucy_168	295	290	295 - 290	Pb-U/Pb-Pb	Range of ages given with 206Pb/238U, 207Pb/235U and 207Pb/206Pb.	whole rock	CORN-229 (5,6,7)		260359	Carnsew Quarries, Antron Hill, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK	Carnsew Quarry	Chen et al (1993)	10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183	JGSL150_1183	Analytical data for igneous monazites with sample and (analysis) numbers
Lucy_169	290.8	289	289.9 ± 0.9	40Ar-39Ar	Intergrated age of Cornubian Batholith	muscovite	CORN-229	Muscovite	260359	Carnsew Quarries, Antron Hill, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK	Carnsew Quarry	Chen et al (1993)	10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183	JGSL150_1183	Analytical data for micas
Lucy_170	290.5	288.3	289.4 ± 1.1	40Ar-39Ar	Intergrated age of Cornubian Batholith	biotite	CORN-229		260359	Carnsew Quarries, Antron Hill, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK	Carnsew Quarry	Chen et al (1993)	10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183	JGSL150_1183	Analytical data for micas

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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