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Locality Name:
St Day, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 38757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-38757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Day, Cornwall, England, UK": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Busveal
Clinton And Pink United Mine
St Aubyn United Mines (Grambler And St Aubyn Mines)
Treskerby
West Wheal Jewel (Tolcarne Mine; North Wheal Damsel)
Wheal Gorland
Wheal Trelawny

Latitude: 50°14'11"N
Longitude: 5°11'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.236388888889,-5.1975
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 Au Be Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChenevixiteClayColumbiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteDiaspore
FluoriteKaoliniteLeucophosphiteLiroconiteMalachiteMarcasiteMixiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideritePhenakitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSpangoliteSphaleriteStibnite
TetrahedriteVivianite

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cattiite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprotungstite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hisingerite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Leucophosphite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Liroconite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Parnauite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sieleckiite  (*)
Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4118563,118572,118575,1185769052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O1118575143
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O11185731272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22118575,1185765509
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21118575172
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311185631935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411185755516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62118563,1185751633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111856827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26118563,118569,118570,118572,118573,1185755171
Cattiite  (*)NoneMg3(PO4)2·22H2O11185758
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4111857519
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11185754979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3118563,118575,1185765707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O3118563,118575,118576194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25118563,118569,118572,118575,11857627198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2111857590
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2118575,1185763531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)32118575,118576127
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O3118563,118575,118576295
Copper  (*)CopperCu5118563,118567,118573,118575,1185763846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42118575,118576109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42118575,118576175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3118563,118575,1185762970
Cuprotungstite  (*)NoneCu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2111857567
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21118575179
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S161118576300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211185639895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF26118563,118568,118569,118570,118572,1185759617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2118563,11857524243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)31118575504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11185637437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111857530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111856314640
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1118575144
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)1118575469
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)111857557
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411185755591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O2118563,118575593
Leucophosphite  (*)LeucophosphiteKFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O1118575110
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)1118575234
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O2118575,11857618
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23118563,118575,11857612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211185635674
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O1118575182
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11185751107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1118575168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211185755800
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3118563,118575,118576492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2118563,1185752994
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1118575105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3118563,118575,118576428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1118575326
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)61118575170
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1118563309
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)42118573,118575369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22118563,11857539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24118563,118569,118572,11857561156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O3118563,118575,1185761153
Sieleckiite  (*)NoneCu3Al4(PO4)2(OH)12·2H2O11185753
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O1118575105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2118563,11857521482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O111857590
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132118573,1185751803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2118575,1185761101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3118563,118573,1185751059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22118573,1185752718
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2111857556
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O1118575636


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050535Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R050535

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