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Locality Name:
Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wheal Andrew

Latitude: 50°14'3"N
Longitude: 5°8'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.234166666667,-5.1469444444444
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 Ba Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopiapiteCopperCovelliteFeldsparMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRutileSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ceruleite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11176068803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111760611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211176065171
Ceruleite  (*)NoneCuAl4(AsO4)2(OH)8(H2O)4019
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Copper  (*)CopperCu11176053846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211176065800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111760621482


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