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Locality Name:
Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 896
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-896.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°12'52"N
Longitude: 5°13'22"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.214444444444,-5.2227777777778
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: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe H K O P S Si Sn U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAndalusiteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRutileZippeite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tristramite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O01272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Tristramite  (*)Rhabdophane(Ca,U4+,Fe3+)(PO4,SO4)·2H2O07
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)40175


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