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Locality Name:
Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 234

mindat Locality ID: 34941
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34941.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UK": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bodmin Wheal Mary (Bodmin Consols; Bodmin United)
Lanivet Consols (Tretoil Mine)
Mulberry Downs
Reperry
South Woodley Mine
Tremore Quarry
Wheal Betsy
Wheal Prosper

Latitude: 50°26'41"N
Longitude: 4°46'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.444722222222,-4.7772222222222
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 B Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P S Si Sn W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteAxiniteBrochantiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCovelliteCyanotrichiteGarnetNone
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteWollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Varlamoffite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1117784312
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311177861534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11177909052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21117793260
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611177901633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22382343117790,117791,1177955171
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1117790194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111779027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11177904165
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)21117790179
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611177944135
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11177862740
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61117787741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111778614899
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1117790105
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211177933106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22382342117790,11779561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11177944894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11177901153
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41117790668
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2111779056
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311177841247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Lucy_073238234236 ± 2K-ArMean of Halamanning-Croft Gothal, Wheal Fancy, and Wheal Prosper minek-feldsparWP/1/1    1247Wheal Prosper, Lanivet, Cornwall, England, UKWheal ProsperHalliday (1980)10.2113/gsecongeo.75.5.752EG75_752 

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