Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St Newlyn East, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 394
Youngest recorded age at locality: 350

mindat Locality ID: 34992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Newlyn East, Cornwall, England, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Cargoll Mine (incl. New Cargoll Mine)
East Wheal Rose
Old Shepherds Mine (Wheal Rose)
Pencorse Consols
Penhallow Moor Mine
Perran Iron Lode (Great Perran Iron Lode)
Trendrean
Trerice
Wheal Hart (Wheal Harl)

Latitude: 50°21'37"N
Longitude: 5°3'2"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.360277777778,-5.0505555555556

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

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 Ca F Fe O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Fluorite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	394	350	1	118978	9052
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	394	350	1	118977	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	394	350	1	118978	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	394	350	5	118977,118978,118979,118981,118985	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	394	350	1	118979	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	394	350	3	118978,118979,118981	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	394	350	3	118978,118981,118985	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	394	350	5	118977,118978,118979,118981,118985	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	394	350	1	118979	2045

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_208	394	350	372 ± 22	K-Ar	Locality unknown									34992	St Newlyn East, Cornwall, England, UK	Newlyn	Miller et al (1964)	10.1002/gj.3350040109	GJ4_105	New ages for basic igneous rocks from south-west England.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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