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Locality Name:
Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 34699
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34699.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Boderwennack
Crahan
Penmarth
Porkellis
Retanna
Seworgan
Trannack
Trenear
Trevenen
Trewennack

Latitude: 50°8'19"N
Longitude: 5°13'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.138611111111,-5.2319444444444
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: Ag Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFluorite
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTopaz
Tourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Bornite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11191992793
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411192335516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO221119199,119200,119205,119207,119208,119209,119212,119215,119218,119219,119221,119223,119225,119227,119229,119230,119232,119233,119234,119235,1192365171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11191994979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2119225,1192335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25119209,119214,119225,119233,11923627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O11192253531
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23119227,119233,1192369617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3119199,119200,1192077437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O34119208,119214,119227,11923314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411192335591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111921412537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24119208,119209,119233,11923617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27119208,119209,119214,119225,119227,119233,11923639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210119199,119200,119207,119208,119209,119214,119219,119227,119233,11923661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11192084894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2119199,1192252705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2119227,1192336417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11191995186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2119208,11922521482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211192191476


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