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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 282

mindat Locality ID: 37287
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37287.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal)
Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine)

Latitude: 50°8'6"N
Longitude: 5°21'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.135,-5.3605555555556

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si Sn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeFluoriteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRutileSulphurTetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11172119052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23002822117210,1172115171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S30028211172105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23002822117210,11721127198
Copper  (*)CopperCu30028211172103846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11172112970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211172119617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3002822117210,1172117437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11172116890
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23002822117210,11721139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23002822117210,11721161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11172116417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11172112045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311172111803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11172111101



1 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
Lucy_128300282291 ± 9K/ArPrevious K/Ar determinationmuscovite   Muscovite  36590Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Cornwall, England, UKGodolphin GraniteBray and Spooner (1983)10.1144/GSL.SP.1964.001.01.15EG78_1064Arithmetic mean of 2 muscovite samples from Godolphin Granite


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