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Four new uranium–lead ages from Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

R. P. C. Pockley
R. P. C. Pockley*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford
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Summary

Four new isotopic U/Pb ages from Cornwall are reported. The Pb206/U238 and Pb207/U235 ages for each specimen are concordant. The Pb206/U238 ages are : South Terras mine 225 ± 5 million years (Myr.), Redruth Area 124 ± 4 Myr., Wheal Owles mine 58 ± 3 Myr., and South Terras Area 62 ± 3 Myr. Cell sizes, calculated from X-ray powder photographs, decrease with decreasing ages of the specimens, indicating a progressive increase in the oxidation states of the uranium present. It is concluded tentatively that at least two periods of mineralization affected south-west England at about 290 Myr. and 225 Myr., and that a final event occurred at about 60 Myr. Whether this final event involved the remobilization of older uranium with loss of lead, or the introduction of additional uranium, or a combination of both effects cannot be established from this evidence. No unique explanation has been made for the 124 Myr. age.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 33 , Issue 267 , December 1964 , pp. 1081 - 1092
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1964

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