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Wheal Chance (Wheal Carnath), Pothole, St Mewan, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
Wheal Chance (Wheal Carnath)Mine
PotholeHamlet
St MewanCivil Parish
CornwallCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 19' 17'' North , 4° 51' 1'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Kรถppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Grampound537 (2017)4.3km
Saint Stephen2,252 (2015)4.4km
Nanpean2,563 (2017)5.4km
St Austell25,447 (2017)5.9km
Mevagissey2,117 (2017)6.8km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
British Micromount Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch MeetingsLiskeard, Cornwall31km
Mindat Locality ID:
1200
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:1200:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Not to be confused with Wheal Chance which is part of Fowey Consols in the Par Area.

Note:
Hall (1868) erroneously places this mine in Towednack parish, St Ives district.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

โ“˜ Annabergite
Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
โ“˜ Millerite
Formula: NiS
โ“˜ Nickeline
Formula: NiAs
โ“˜ Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
โ“˜ Wavellite
Formula: Al3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
โ“˜Nickeline2.CC.05NiAs
โ“˜Millerite2.CC.20NiS
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
โ“˜Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
โ“˜Annabergite8.CE.40Ni3(AsO4)2 ยท 8H2O
โ“˜Wavellite8.DC.50Al3(PO4)2(OH)3 ยท 5H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hโ“˜ AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Hโ“˜ WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
CCarbon
Cโ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
Oโ“˜ AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Oโ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
Oโ“˜ WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
AlAluminium
Alโ“˜ WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
PPhosphorus
Pโ“˜ WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3 · 5H2O
SSulfur
Sโ“˜ MilleriteNiS
FeIron
Feโ“˜ SideriteFeCO3
NiNickel
Niโ“˜ AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Niโ“˜ MilleriteNiS
Niโ“˜ NickelineNiAs
AsArsenic
Asโ“˜ AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Asโ“˜ NickelineNiAs

Geochronology

Geologic TimeRocks, Minerals and Events
Phanerozoic
 Paleozoic
  Permian
   Guadalupian
โ“˜ Major polymetallic mineralization~270 MaCornwall, England, UK
   Cisuralian
โ“˜ Porphyry dikes intruded (latest age)~275 MaCornwall, England, UK
โ“˜ Greisenization (latest age)~280 MaCornwall, England, UK
โ“˜ Porphyry dikes intruded (earliest age)~280 MaCornwall, England, UK
โ“˜ Formation of metallized pegmatites~285 MaCornwall, England, UK
โ“˜ Greisenization (earliest age)~285 MaCornwall, England, UK
โ“˜ Emplacement of major plutons~295 MaCornwall, England, UK

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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