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Wheal Cunning, St Just, Cornwall, England, UKi
Regional Level Types
Wheal CunningMine
St JustCivil Parish
CornwallCounty
EnglandConstituent Country
UKCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° 7' 33'' North , 5° 41' 28'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
UK National Grid Reference:
SW362317
Type:
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
St Just1,957 (2017)0.8km
Madron626 (2017)9.0km
Penzance19,872 (2017)11.0km
Mousehole697 (2017)11.8km
Marazion1,294 (2017)15.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
32874
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:32874:1
GUID (UUID V4):
8109c0a0-105a-4623-bea7-3fda13812d40


Ancient tin mine, worked from 1830 to 1876 with a recorded total output of 460 tons of tin ore. Located west of St Just.
Ref.: B. Atkinson: Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (1994)

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Commodity List

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Mineral List


3 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

β“˜ Cassiterite
Formula: SnO2
β“˜ 'Chlorite Group'
β“˜ 'Feldspar Group'
β“˜ 'Limonite'
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Quartz var. Smoky Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Collected from the collapse in Kenidjack valley.
β“˜ Schorl
Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Quartz
var. Smoky Quartz
4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Cassiterite4.DB.05SnO2
Group 9 - Silicates
β“˜Schorl9.CK.05NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Unclassified
β“˜'Chlorite Group'-
β“˜'Feldspar Group'-
β“˜'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
BBoron
Bβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
OOxygen
Oβ“˜ CassiteriteSnO2
Oβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Oβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Oβ“˜ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
NaSodium
Naβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
AlAluminium
Alβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
SiSilicon
Siβ“˜ QuartzSiO2
Siβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Siβ“˜ Quartz var. Smoky QuartzSiO2
FeIron
Feβ“˜ SchorlNaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
SnTin
Snβ“˜ CassiteriteSnO2

Geochronology

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

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

British and Irish IslesGroup of Islands
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
UK

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