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Locality Name:
Tarewaste, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 295931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tarewaste, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Great South Wheal Tolgus
New Tolgus Shaft

Latitude: 50°14'2"N
Longitude: 5°14'44"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.233888888889,-5.2455555555556
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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteKaoliniteNone
PyroxeneQuartzRutileSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Epidote  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1118251379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11182509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611182512060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411182505516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22118250,1182515171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111825027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)81118251577
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11182518173
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411182515591
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111825161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11182506417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111825121482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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