Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK

Oldest recorded age at locality: 233
Youngest recorded age at locality: 229

mindat Locality ID: 35126
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35126.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Lelant Consols
Trencrom Hill
Wheal Alice
Wheal Reeth
Wheal Sisters
Woola Mine (Ulla Mine)

Latitude: 50°10'35"N
Longitude: 5°29'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.176388888889,-5.4908333333333
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 Fe H K Mo Na O P S Si Sn U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRhabdophaneRutileSphaleriteTourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Corundum  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tristramite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11179098803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511179091310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11179139052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22332293117908,117911,1179135171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S23322911179115707
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O311179091797
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11179087437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32332292117908,11791114640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211179135800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111790917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11179092349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2233229111791139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23117908,117909,11791361156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2332294117908,117909,117911,1179132705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111791321482
Tristramite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,U4+,Fe3+)(PO4,SO4)·2H2O11179107


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_068233229231 ± 2K-ArCassiterite deposition predated K-Feldspar deposition.k-feldspar     69452Wheal Reeth, Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UKWheal ReethLeBoutillier et al. (2003) GSWE10_403 

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