Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 286.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 285.7

mindat Locality ID: 975
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-975.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bullen Garden Mine
Harriett Shaft
New East Shaft
New Roskear Shaft
Williams Shaft

Latitude: 50°13'0"N
Longitude: 5°16'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.216666666667,-5.2813888888889

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Cobaltite	Copiapite	Copper	Corundum	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Johannite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Zippeite

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 Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Axinite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Cobaltite Copiapite Copper Corundum Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Johannite Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Skutterudite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vivianite Zippeite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aluminocopiapite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Andalusite ()*
Annabergite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Johannite ()*
Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pitticite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zippeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	286.7	285.7	0		2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	286.7	285.7	0		3419
Aluminocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	(Al,Mg)Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH,O)₂·20H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		50
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		272
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	286.7	285.7	1	117319	1310
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		445
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	286.7	285.7	1	117319	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	286.7	285.7	0		231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	286.7	285.7	1	117319	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	286.7	285.7	1	117319	2060
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	286.7	285.7	0		260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	286.7	285.7	0		5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	286.7	285.7	0		1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	286.7	285.7	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	286.7	285.7	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	286.7	285.7	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	286.7	285.7	2	117317,117319	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	286.7	285.7	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	286.7	285.7	1	117319	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	286.7	285.7	0		1382
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	286.7	285.7	0		966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	286.7	285.7	0		3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	286.7	285.7	0		2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	286.7	285.7	0		9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	286.7	285.7	1	117319	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	286.7	285.7	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	286.7	285.7	1	117319	14640
Johannite ()*	Johannite	Cu(UO₂)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		69
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	286.7	285.7	0		593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	286.7	285.7	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	286.7	285.7	0		17380
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	286.7	285.7	0		176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	286.7	285.7	0		2349
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	286.7	285.7	0		140
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	286.7	285.7	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	286.7	285.7	1	117319	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	286.7	285.7	1	117319	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	286.7	285.7	1	117319	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	286.7	285.7	1	117319	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	286.7	285.7	0		2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	286.7	285.7	2	117316,117317	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	286.7	285.7	0		5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	286.7	285.7	0		531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	286.7	285.7	1	117319	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	286.7	285.7	1	117319	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	286.7	285.7	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	286.7	285.7	0		1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	286.7	285.7	0		1101
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	286.7	285.7	0		2718
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	286.7	285.7	0		175

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Lucy_189	286.7	285.7	286.2 ± 0.5		Correlation isochron age is interpreted as that of the hydrolytic alteration and hence of the main-stage cassiterite-tourmaline mineralisation.		muscovite	CORN-56			Muscovite			975	Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK	Dolcoath South Lode, South Crofty	Chen et al (1993)	10.1144/gsjgs.150.6.1183	JGSL150_1183	Muscovites from the alteration envelope of Dolcoath South Lode displays evidence of a later overprint

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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