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Locality Name:
Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 61418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plympton, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Borrington Consols (incl. Borrington Park Mine; East Borrington Mine)
Bottle Hill Mine
Drakelands Mine (Hemerdon Mine; Hemerdon Bal Mine; Hemerdon Ball Mine)
Florence Mine
Hemerdon Consols
Mary Hutchings Mine
Wheal Sidney

Latitude: 50°24'33"N
Longitude: 4°1'47"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.409166666667,-4.0297222222222
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: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRutileSulphur

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Russellite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5120249,120250,120251,120254,1202559052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO26120250,120251,120252,120253,120254,1202555171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2112025027198
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)1120251551
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11202517437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3112025114640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)112025157
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)411202515591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)1120251581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2112025112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211202515800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2112025117380
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1120251428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22120250,12025139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22120251,12025261156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6112025140
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11202511153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11202506417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11202512045


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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