Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 861
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-861.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°7'28"N
Longitude: 5°19'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.124444444444,-5.3244444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Talc	Vivianite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Hematite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Talc Vivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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