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Locality Name:
Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne And Herland United Mines (Rosewarne And Herland Mine; Incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 950
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-950.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne And Herland United Mines (Rosewarne And Herland Mine; Incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°10'59"N
Longitude: 5°22'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.183055555556,-5.3761111111111
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: Ag Al As B Bi C Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Bi C Cl Co Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O30214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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