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Locality Name:
Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 260468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Wheal Beauchamp
Wheal Buller

Latitude: 50°13'1"N
Longitude: 5°13'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.216944444444,-5.2186111111111
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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumDiasporeFluoriteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRutileZippeite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Tristramite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11182661272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211182665509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411182665516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111826627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22118265,1182665171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2118265,1182665707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22118265,11826627198
Copper  (*)CopperCu11182663846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11182662970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211182669617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2118265,1182667437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111826514640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111826612537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1118266492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11182662994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111826639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111826661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2118265,1182666417
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11182661101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11182661059
Tristramite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,U4+,Fe3+)(PO4,SO4)·2H2O11182667
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211182662718
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)41118266175


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