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Locality Name:
Treburland Manganese Deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Treburland Manganese Deposits, Altarnun, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°35'18"N
Longitude: 4°29'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.588333333333,-4.4905555555556
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteVesuvianiteWollastonite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bementite  (*)Birnessite  (*)
Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)80173
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O0178
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)20101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)10038
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)0240
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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