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Locality Name:
Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


mindat Locality ID: 971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carn Brea Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wheal Druid

Latitude: 50°13'27"N
Longitude: 5°14'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.224166666667,-5.2480555555556
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si Sn U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H Na O S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeDomeykiteFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartz
RutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTourmalineTyrolite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11174309052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411174305516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211174305171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11174305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111743027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1117430295
Copper  (*)CopperCu11174303846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11174304165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O11174302970
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As073
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11174307437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111743014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1117430428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111743061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41117430668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311174301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO11174301101
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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