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Locality Name:
Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 359
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 880
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-880.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°31'27"N
Longitude: 4°14'40"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.524166666667,-4.2444444444444
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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteAnthoiniteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteArthuriteBrookite
CalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCyanotrichiteDevillineFeldsparFluorite
KaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRaspiteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStannoidite
StibniteTetrahedriteTourmalineWavellite

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arthurite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Ferrokësterite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jeanbandyite  (*)
Kësterite  (*)Langite  (*)Likasite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Mpororoite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natanite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raspite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Russellite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stannoidite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Wavellite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)35935908803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO235935902162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS35935909052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O359359035
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23593590606
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)63593590413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi35935901966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S335935901935
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)359359051
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS435935905516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23593590700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)359359027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO235935905171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S35935905707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O3593590194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2359359027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)3593590363
Copper  (*)CopperCu35935903846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O35935902970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)23593590179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3593590366
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)3593590551
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3593590345
Ferrokësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4359359013
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF235935909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS359359024243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)3593590469
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)359359057
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)635935902228
Jeanbandyite  (*)PerovskiteFe3+Sn(OH)5O35935907
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4359359082
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3593590593
Likasite  (*)NoneCu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O359359011
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS235935905674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8359359092
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O3593590443
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS235935905800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3593590945
Mpororoite  (*)AnthoiniteAl2O(WO4)2·6H2O35935905
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2359359017380
Natanite  (*)PerovskiteFe2+Sn4+(OH)6359359014
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3593590492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O35935902994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O3593590428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2359359039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl35935901725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2359359061156
Raspite  (*)RaspitePb(WO4)359359026
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23593590454
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6359359040
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)35935904894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)35935902705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O35935901153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)35935906417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS359359021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS43593590668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12359359080
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S335935903418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)3593590156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1335935901803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO35935901101
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2359359056
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O3593590374
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33593590297


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Lucy_078359359Postdates Devonian Postdates emplacement into Devonian metasediments country rock      880Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UKHingston Down QaurryBetterton et al. (1998) MM62_707Devonian metasediments are country rock that veins are emplaced into. Age assigned in paper only states post-dates Devonian.
Lucy_079359359Postdates Devonian Postdates emplacement into Devonian metasediments country rock      880Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UKHingston Down QaurryBetterton et al. (1998) MM62_707Devonian metasediments are country rock that veins are emplaced into. Age assigned in paper only states post-dates Devonian.

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