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Locality Name:
Rosewarne And Herland United Mines (Rosewarne And Herland Mine; Incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 293165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-293165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rosewarne And Herland United Mines (Rosewarne And Herland Mine; Incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland)

Latitude: 50°10'58"N
Longitude: 5°22'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.182777777778,-5.3758333333333
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: Ag Al As B Bi C Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11176692793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11176699052
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O31117669214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11176691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311176691935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211176695171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111766927198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11176691382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1117669966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11176692970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111766924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11176691689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111766912537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1117669492
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311176691425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111766939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111766961156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)11176692705
Silver  (*)CopperAg11176695186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31117669531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111766921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311176693418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11176691101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11176691059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211176692718


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