Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 14221
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14221.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hope's Nose
Petit Tor Point (Babbacombe)

Latitude: 50°28'26"N
Longitude: 3°29'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.473888888889,-3.4963888888889

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chrisstanleyite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Isomertieite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stillwaterite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cotunnite ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Eucairite ()*	Fischesserite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Isomertieite ()*	Klockmannite ()*	Lead ()*	Malachite ()*	Mertieite-II ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Penroseite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Trüstedtite ()*	Tyrrellite ()*
Umangite ()*	Verbeekite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chrisstanleyite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Isomertieite Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stillwaterite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	2	120373,120374	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	120374	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	2	120373,120374	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	270	1	120373	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	270	1	120373	27198
Chrisstanleyite ()*	Chrisstanleyite	Ag₂Pd₃Se₄	270	270	1	120373	6
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	270	270	1	120373	281
Cotunnite ()*	None	PbCl₂	270	270	1	120373	54
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	270	270	1	120373	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	270	270	1	120373	9895
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	270	270	1	120373	54
Fischesserite ()*	None	Ag₃AuSe₂	270	270	1	120373	24
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	270	270	1	120373	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	270	1	120373	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	270	270	1	120373	14640
Isomertieite ()*	Isomertieite	Pd₁₁Sb₂As₂	270	270	1	120373	48
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	270	270	1	120373	63
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	270	270	1	120373	192
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	270	270	1	120373	12537
Mertieite-II ()*	Stillwaterite	Pd₈Sb_2.5As_0.5	270	270	1	120373	44
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	1	120373	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	270	270	1	120373	112
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	270	270	1	120373	192
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	270	270	1	120373	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	1	120373	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	1	120373	61156
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	270	270	1	120373	73
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	270	270	1	120373	83
Trüstedtite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂Se₄	270	270	1	120373	4
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	270	270	1	120373	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	270	270	1	120373	71
Verbeekite ()*	None	PdSe₂	270	270	1	120373	2

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
	MM54_485_001	270	270	270											1558	Hope's Nose, Torquay, Torbay, Devon, England, UK	Hope's Nose	Stanley et al. (1990)	10.1180/minmag.1990.054.376.13	MM54_485	No radiometric dates. Hosted in Devonian sequence, age may be "Variscan". This age (270 Ma) represents the earliest "main stage" polymetallic Cu-Sn-W mineralizations within the region

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