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Locality Name:
Castle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 50°25'26"N
Longitude: 4°53'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.423888888889,-4.8916666666667
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 Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Sn W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteClayCopperFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRutileStibniteTopazTourmalineTurquoiseWavellite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Cacoxenite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Turquoise  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O0280
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6040
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O0484
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O0374


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060860Castle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R060860

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