Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 48853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menheniot, Cornwall, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Lower Clicker
Penhawger Mine
Roseland
Wheal Mary Ann
Wheal Trelawny (incl. Wheal Honey)

Latitude: 50°26'54"N
Longitude: 4°24'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.448333333333,-4.4147222222222

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Dundasite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Langite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Phosphohedyphane ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Dundasite
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117982	3419
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	117982	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	117982	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	117985	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	117987	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	117982	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	117985,117986,117987	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	117983	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	117985,117986,117987	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	117983,117986,117987	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	117985,117986,117987	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	117986	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	117982	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	117985	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	117986	97
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	117986	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	117985,117986,117987	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	117983,117985,117986,117987	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	117986,117987	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	117986	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	117983,117986	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	117986	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	117985	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	2	117983,117986	1107
Phosphohedyphane ()*	Apatite	Ca₂Pb₃(PO₄)₃Cl	1	117986	71
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	117985,117986,117987	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	3	117983,117986,117987	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	117985,117986,117987	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	117986	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	117983,117985,117986,117987	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	117982	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	117982	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	117986	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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