Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°12'52"N
Longitude: 5°13'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.214444444444,-5.2227777777778

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.

Amorphous	Andalusite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Rutile	Zippeite

Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tristramite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Andalusite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Rutile Zippeite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059
Tristramite ()*	Rhabdophane	(Ca,U⁴⁺,Fe³⁺)(PO₄,SO₄)·2H₂O	7
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	175

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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