Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
The Gannel Smelter Slag Locality, Crantock, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 7921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "The Gannel Smelter Slag Locality, Crantock, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°24'30"N
Longitude: 5°6'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.408333333333,-5.1091666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Connellite	Copper	Gypsum	Matlockite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Perovskite	Rocksalt	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Connellite ()*
Cotunnite ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diaboleite ()*	Elyite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Fiedlerite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Lanarkite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Lead ()*	Matlockite ()*	Mendipite ()*
Minium ()*	Paralaurionite ()*	Penfieldite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Pseudoboleite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Connellite Copper Gypsum Matlockite Minium None Not in a structural group
Olivine Perovskite Rocksalt Sulphur Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			4979
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			295
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂			54
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O			43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2970
Diaboleite ()*	Perovskite	CuPb₂Cl₂(OH)₄			57
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			85
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			371
Fiedlerite ()*	None	Pb₃Cl₄F(OH)·H₂O	0	0	14
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			6890
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			201
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			97
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			49
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			192
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF			29
Mendipite ()*	None	Pb₃O₂Cl₂			17
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄			247
Paralaurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)			46
Penfieldite ()*	None	Pb₂Cl₃(OH)			22
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂			142
Pseudoboleite ()*	None	Pb₃₁Cu₂₄Cl₆₂(OH)₄₈			33
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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