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<journal-id journal-id-type="archive">gsminmag</journal-id>
<journal-title>Mineralogical Magazine</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="full">Mineralogical Magazine</abbrev-journal-title>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0026-461X</issn>
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<publisher-name>Mineralogical Society</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1180/minmag.1964.033.267.03</article-id>
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<article-title>Four New Uranium-Lead Ages from Cornwall</article-title>
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<surname>Pockley</surname>
<given-names>R. P. C.</given-names>
</name><degrees>B.Sc., Dip.Ed., D.Phil.</degrees>
<aff>Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford<xref ref-type="author-notes" rid="FN1">1</xref></aff></contrib></contrib-group>
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<fn fn-type="present-address" id="FN1"><label>1</label><p>Present address: St. Paul's College, University of Sydney, Newtown, New South Wales.</p></fn></author-notes>
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<month>12</month>
<year>1964</year>
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<volume>33</volume>
<issue>267</issue>
<fpage>1081</fpage>
<lpage>1092</lpage>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 1964, The Mineralogical Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>1964</copyright-year>
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<title>Summary</title>
<p>Four new isotopic U/Pb ages from Cornwall are reported. The Pb<sup>206</sup>/U<sup>238</sup> and Pb<sup>207</sup>/U<sup>235</sup> ages for each specimen are concordant. The Pb<sup>206</sup>/U<sup>238</sup> ages are : South Terras mine 225 &#x00B1; 5 million years (Myr.), Redruth Area 124 &#x00B1; 4 Myr., Wheal Owles mine 58 &#x00B1; 3 Myr., and South Terras Area 62 &#x00B1; 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.</p></abstract>
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