Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°11'57"N
Longitude: 5°17'5"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.199166666667,-5.2847222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	Diaspore
Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Parnauite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorianite ()*
Thorite ()*	Torbernite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P S Si Sn Th Ti U Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Autunite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper Diaspore
Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1272
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	443
Parnauite ()*	None	Cu₉(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·7H₂O	105
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1059

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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