Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 7759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Duke Of Cornwall Mine
Restormel Royal Iron Mine (Trinity Mine)
Silver Vein Mine (Beacon Hill Mine; Wheal Fortescue)
Terrace Hill Quarry
Wheal Maudlin (Wheal Mawdlin; Wheal Magdalen)

Latitude: 50°20'0"N
Longitude: 4°44'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.333333333333,-4.7372222222222

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Melanterite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Covellite ()*	Cronstedtite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Manganite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Waylandite ()*

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 Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O P Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Melanterite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117889	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	117889	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	117886	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	117886	1966
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	117886	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	117887,117888	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	117889	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	117887,117889	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	117885,117887,117889	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	117887	1382
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		70
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	117889	4165
Cronstedtite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₃(Si,Fe³⁺)₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117889	54
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	117889	2970
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	117889	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	117889	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	117887	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	117887,117888	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	117886	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	117886	14640
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	117886	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	117889	915
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	117886,117889	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	117887	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	117887,117888,117889	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	117886	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	117889	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	117886,117887,117888,117889	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	117889	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	117886,117887,117889	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	117887	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	117887,117888,117889	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	117889	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	117887	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117889	2562
Waylandite ()*	Alunite	BiAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	117886	31

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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