Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
St Neot, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 52639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52639.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Neot, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gazeland China Clay Works
Gillhouse Mine
Killham Mine (Pensilva Tin Mine; Wheal Coryton)
Parson's Park Pit (Parc St Neot Pit)
Tregeagle Mine
Westerlake Mine
Wheal Cicely (Wheal Sicily)

Latitude: 50°29'45"N
Longitude: 4°33'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.495833333333,-4.5625

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.

Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise

Anatase ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jeanbandyite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Gypsum Kaolinite Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Turquoise

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	118971	2162
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	118969,118970,118971,118972	5171
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	118971,118975	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	118971	6890
Jeanbandyite ()*	Perovskite	Fe³⁺Sn(OH)₅O	1	118971	7
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	118969	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	118972	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	118971	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	118971,118972	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	118971,118975	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	118971	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	118975	5317
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	118972	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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