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Locality Name:
Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 35763
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35763.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
West Wheal Providence
Wheal Carpenter
Wheal Tremayne

Latitude: 50°9'53"N
Longitude: 5°22'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.164722222222,-5.3777777777778
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 Bi C Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteCopperLinariteMalachiteMixiteNone
PhilipsburgitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Galena  (*)
Linarite  (*)Liskeardite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Philipsburgite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11176632734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11176669052
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21117663172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61117663413
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO24117662,117663,117664,1176665171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11176665707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23117664,117665,11766627198
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41117663109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41117663175
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111766624243
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21117663987
Liskeardite  (*)None(Al,Fe)32(AsO4)18(OH)42(H2O)22·52H2O11176635
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111766312537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11176631107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1117663168
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O111766331
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61117663477
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42117663,117666369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23117664,117665,11766639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24117663,117664,117665,11766661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg3117663,117664,1176665186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111766321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41117662668
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11176661101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311176635317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11176661059


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