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Locality Name:
Drakelands Mine (Hemerdon Mine; Hemerdon Bal Mine; Hemerdon Ball Mine), Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 1528
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1528.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drakelands Mine (Hemerdon Mine; Hemerdon Bal Mine; Hemerdon Ball Mine), Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°24'26"N
Longitude: 4°'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.407222222222,-4.0097222222222
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: Al As Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Cu Fe H K Mo O S Si Sn W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
NonePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRutileSulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)057
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6040
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061044Drakelands Mine (Hemerdon Mine; Hemerdon Bal Mine; Hemerdon Ball Mine), Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UKhttps://rruff.info/R061044

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