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Locality Name:
East Gunnislake Mine (in Part: South Bedford And East Gunnislake Mine), Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 912
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-912.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "East Gunnislake Mine (in Part: South Bedford And East Gunnislake Mine), Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°31'26"N
Longitude: 4°13'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.523888888889,-4.225
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 Cl Cu F Fe H O P S Si Sn Ti U 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteApatiteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperFluorite
GypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutile

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Langite  (*)
Libethenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O0295
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2056
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O095


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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