Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 38624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
South Frances United Mines
West Wheal Basset (Wheal Haste)
West Wheal Frances
Wheal Basset

Latitude: 50°12'42"N
Longitude: 5°14'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.211666666667,-5.2463888888889

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite
Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Fluorite	Johannite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bassetite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cacoxenite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Johannite ()*	Langite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Saléeite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranospathite ()*
Uranospinite ()*	Vochtenite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite
Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Corundum Cyanotrichite Fluorite Johannite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	117417,117418	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	117413,117414,117416,117417,117418	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	3	117414,117417,117418	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	117417	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	117417	11547
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1	117417	51
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	117417	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	117413,117417	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	117417	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	1	117417	280
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	117413,117414,117416,117417,117418	5171
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	117413	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	117414,117417,117418	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	117418	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	117413,117414,117416,117417	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	117417	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	117417	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2	117413,117417	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	117413,117414,117416,117417	2970
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	117417	179
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	117417	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	117417	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	117417	14640
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	1	117418	69
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	2	117414,117417	593
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	2	117413,117417	234
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	1	117417	78
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	117413,117414,117417,117418	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	117417	443
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	117413,117417	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	117413,117414,117416,117417,117418	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	117413,117414,117416,117417,117418	61156
Saléeite ()*	None	Mg(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	1	117417	95
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	117417	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	117417	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	0		1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	117414,117417	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	117417	2718
Uranospathite ()*	None	(Al, )(UO₂)₂F(PO₄)₂·20H₂O	1	117417	20
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	1	117417	51
Vochtenite ()*	None	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄(OH)·12-13H₂O	1	117417	5
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	117417	185

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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