Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 33719
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33719.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sancreed, Cornwall, England, UK": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Beacon Hill Mine (Sancreed Mine; Wheal Argus)
Bojewan Placers
Boswarthen Mine (Penzance Consols)
Botrea Mine
Caer Bran Mine (Carn Bran Mine)
Garth Mine (Wheal Darby; East Wheal Cock; Gath Mine; Wheal Mary)
Jericho Farm
West Ding Dong Mine
Wheal Buller

Latitude: 50°6'42"N
Longitude: 5°37'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.111666666667,-5.6180555555556

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.

Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite

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 Au C Ca Fe K O S Si Sn W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Copper Corundum Feldspar Nickeline None Quartz Rutile Scheelite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	7	118314,118315,118316,118317,118319,118320,118321	5171
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	118320	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	118318	14640
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	118319	2349
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	118315	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	118314,118315,118319	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	118319	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	118315,118319	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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