Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Latitude: 50°11'1"N
Longitude: 5°23'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.183611111111,-5.3930555555556

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	Mixite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Mixite ()*	Opal ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H La Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H La Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Malachite Mixite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce) ()*	Mixite	CeCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	43
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	33
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	18
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	90
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	168
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	170
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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