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Locality Name:
Germoe, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 38272
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38272.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Germoe, Cornwall, England, UK": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Boscreege
Great Work Consols
Lady Gwendolen Mine
Leeds & St Aubyn Consols
Tresowes
Wheal Christopher

Latitude: 50°7'4"N
Longitude: 5°22'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.117777777778,-5.3711111111111

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: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutile
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO28117568,117569,117570,117571,117572,117574,117575,1175765171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22117568,11756927198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11175692970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211175689617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411175725591
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11175762349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111756939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22117568,11757261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111756921482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311175691803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11175691101



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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