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Locality Name:
Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 293
Youngest recorded age at locality: 265

mindat Locality ID: 37276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37276.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chyandour
Lariggan Rocks
Newlyn
Wherrytown

Latitude: 50°6'36"N
Longitude: 5°32'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.11,-5.5366666666667
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 Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteAtacamiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteVivianite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Alloclasite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Botallackite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cronstedtite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Natanite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22932652118085,1180903419
Alloclasite  (*)LöllingiteCoAsS293265111809056
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O2932651118090272
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2932653118087,118088,1180909052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O611180842060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2118087,1180881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311180881935
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3111808749
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112118087,118088843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611180871633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22932653118087,118088,1180905171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29326511180905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22932653118087,118088,11809027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811180881756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2932651118090966
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4111808854
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)29326511180908173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2932651118090814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2932653118087,118088,11809024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11180877437
Graphite  (*)NoneC29326511180902812
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1118088144
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32932652118088,1180905433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S111808886
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21118088762
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22118087,1180885800
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)62118087,11808814
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)29326511180902349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1118087428
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O1118088106
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311180881425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22932653118087,118088,11809039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811180889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22932653118087,118088,11809061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2118087,1180884894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2118087,1180886417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32932651118090531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS293265111809021482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO229326511180902718


4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002123288276282±6  whole rock     1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry ElvanDarbyshire and Shepherd (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159 
Lucy_054a288276282 ± 6Rb-SrPreferred Age determined in studywhole rockE 36977, E 36978, E 36979, E 36980, E 36981    1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry MineDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159Re-analysis of these samples yields an age of 282 ± 6 Ma.
Lucy_054b289265277 ± 12Rb-SrAge of Elvanswhole rockE 36977, E 36978, E 36979, E 36980, E 36981    1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry MineDarbyshire et al. (1985)10.1144/gsjgs.142.6.1159JGSL142_1159Hawkes et al (1975) published an age of 277 ± 12 for five core samples.
Lucy_120293269281 ± 12Rb/SrPrevious Rb/Sr determination      1109Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UKWherry ElvanBray and Spooner (1983)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15EG78_1064 

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