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


mindat Locality ID: 292945
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292945.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bolenowe
Grenville United Mines
Holman's Test Mine
The Reens

Latitude: 50°11'41"N
Longitude: 5°16'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.194722222222,-5.2763888888889
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 Cl Cu F Fe H K O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11173559052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211173485509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62117353,1173551633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25117349,117352,117353,117355,1173575171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2117348,1173555707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25117351,117352,117353,117355,11735627198
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1117353295
Copper  (*)CopperCu2117352,1173553846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4117352,117353,117354,1173552970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22117348,1173569617
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1117353593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22117353,11735512537
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11173542994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1117353428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22117352,11735539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24117351,117352,117353,11735561156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311173481803


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