Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 270916
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270916.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Carn Camborne Mine
Great Condurrow Mine
Pendarves United Mines
South Tolcarne Mine
Tolcarne Mine
Tryphena Mine
Wheal Harriett

Latitude: 50°12'13"N
Longitude: 5°17'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.203611111111,-5.2861111111111

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.

Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper
Diaspore	Domeykite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Domeykite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Langite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Malachite ()*
Metatorbernite ()*	Parnauite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*
Torbernite ()*

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 O P S Si Sn Th Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenopyrite Autunite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper
Diaspore Domeykite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	117301,117303	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	117300,117301,117303	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	117303	1272
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	117301,117303	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	117303	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	117303	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	117303	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	7	117300,117301,117303,117304,117305,117306,117307	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	117301,117303	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	117303	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	117301,117303,117305,117307	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	117303	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	117301,117303	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	117301,117303,117304	2970
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1	117301	73
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	117301,117303,117304	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	117303	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	117303	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	1	117304	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	117303,117304	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	117303	443
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	1	117303	105
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	117303,117304	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	117301,117303	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	117301,117303,117306	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	117301,117303	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	117301	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	117301	1101
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	2	117301,117303	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	117301,117303	1006
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	117303	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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