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Cassiterite from
Wheal Metal, Carnmeal Downs, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcopyrite2 photos of Cassiterite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Metal, Carnmeal Downs, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1007576
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1007576:6
GUID (UUID V4):68546256-44ed-4cbe-a319-2443ac8018b9
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.3km (0.2 miles) Wheal Emma, Trew, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Carnmeal Mine, Carnmeal Downs, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Carleen Mine, Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) South Wheal Fortune, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Susan, Sithney, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Polladras Downs Mine, Carleen, Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Cruett (North Wheal Metal), Nancegollan, Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Wheal Bramble (East Wheal Vor), Sithney, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Book
Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig...Situations of the Principal Mining Districts in Cornwall and South Devon 50 Fig.3. Sketch Map Showing...Situations of the Principal Mining Districts in Cornwall and South Devon 146 LIST OF TABLES Table 1
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence o f Bertrandite at some new localities in Cornwall. By ART~U~ RUSSELL [Read March 217 1911.] Professor...a t I Nthe1904Cheesewring Quarry, Linkinhorne, Cornwall ; 1 the mineral h a v i n g been then recently...Cornwall2 Go~d-diggings Quarry, 3 St. Cleer, Cornwall. This quarry is situated about 900 yards west...Bertrandite at the Cheesewring Quarry, near Liskeard, Cornwall,' Mineralogical Magazine~ 19111 voL xvi, pp. 47-50... H. Collins in his ~List of Minerals found in Cornwall and Devon, with notes supplementary to the author's
Book (volume)
THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
Book (volume)
The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and sands (stream-tin.) The detrital tin, ore ~ Cornwall may be grouped under the following heads : - a...fragment of killas from such a deposit at Mincar Downs, near St. Austell. 4. As the cementing material...breecias ~'" Observations on the detrital tin-ore of Cornwall." Journ. Roy. Inst. (Tram., No,xi., 1874. See...deposits have been observed at Wheal Fortune, near Marazion; Perran Downs, near St. Hilary; Relistian in...now in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, is represented in fig. 2, pl. 1. At New P~osewarne
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey .... . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne . . . · ... 29.-vVhral-, Go1..1and 30 (�...i11e . . . :3 2.-\Vhenl Lt1sl1ington .. . . 3?. -Wheal \rincent (part ot· \Vl1eal ... :1 4.-Nangiles :-3...about 6 m iles from Porth To,van to Iieskajeage Downs, a11d broken only by mir1or indent�1. tions, the...height of 375 feet. The gravel deposit of Crousa Downs, in the map to the south, occurs at 360 feet- above
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
—J. B. Scrivenor: Notes on Cassiterite in the Malay Peninsula. Cassiterite from a mine at (xopeng contains...Derbyshire and Co. Galway, and of Bertrandite in Cornwall. Dundasite was discovered at Mill Close Mine,...crystals on old specimens of blende from Wheal Vor, Breage, Cornwall, and as trillings, measuring up to 4...4 mm. in length, on a specimen from Wheal Metal, Breage, Cornwall, which had been presented as albite
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...Addenda and corrigenda to The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of...Somerset figures were published in 1984 and the Cornwall outputs are due to be published soon. K. E. Beer
Book (volume)
The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is...production on a scale sufficientto preserve fue west of England mining tradition. For ease of treatment the region
Book
OSEP 1995 ‘ (f338 ee ad Fisar » CBS 263 CORNWALL COUNTY ais COUNTY HALL TRURO PLEASE RETURN...House, Church Street, Princes Risborough, § HPI7 GAS, UK Aylesbury, J p Bucks Set in 9 point Times roman...COVER: The Pumping Engine House, Wheal Edward, near St Just, Cornwall. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted...Mr R. Penhallurick of the Royal Institution of Cornwall for his assistance. Special thanks are due to...left), 29; J. C. Burrows (Royal Institution of Cornwall) 13 (lower), 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 (upper);
Book
Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth...Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21 Boswedden...Geevor Mine 25. Wheal Hear-le (East Boscaswell Mine) 28 St Ives Mining District 2 9 Wheal Sisters (Trencrom...Rosewali Hill Mine 32, Tyringham Consols 33. St Ives Wheal Allen 33, Ding Dong Mine 34, Cam Galver Mine 36
Report (issue)
forthcoming from Mr KE Beer of the South-West England field staff, and from the Mineral Statistics and...Tin Research Institute and the World Bureau of Metal Statistics. In particular, thanks are due to Mr...Industry 36 References 40 Tables l. London Metal Exchange: Tin prices, 1953-72 19 2. United Kingdom:...7. United Kingdom: Consumption of primary tin metal, 1947-72 28 8. United Kingdom: Balance of trade...of south-west England showing locations of tin deposits Vl 6 Summary Tin, a metal principally used
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
bertrandite and beryl at the South Crofty mine, Cornwall. 1 (With Plate XXV.) By JAMES PHEMXST~R,M.A.,...with subordinate orthoclase, fluorspar, and cassiterite, accessory apatite, and local bertrandite and...Liskeard, Cornwall. Min. Mag., 1911, vol. 16, pp. 47~50. near BERTRANDITE AND BERYL FROM CORNWALL 575...Ireland, Norway, and from the Cheesewring quarry, Cornwall, respectively. Bertrandite, a hydrated silicate...mineral, but is found at several localities1 in Cornwall in addition to the Cheesewring quarry. At all
Book
A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, INCLUDING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS AND THE...“Campiglia Mines,” &c. With Geological Map of Cornwall, AND NUMEROUS STEEL PLATEs, ILLUSTRATIVE of INFLUENCE...ON SCENERY. REPRINTED FROM THE “GAZETTEER OF CORNWALL.” LONDON : OFFICE of “THE MINING Journal,” 26...ºx Foº: PREFACE. During my present visit to England, my father, Mr. Robert Symons of Truro, pressed...account of the Geology of Cornwall, to accompany his forthcoming Gazetteer of Cornwall. This, owing to the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different modes of occurrence of oxide of tin ia Cornwall were briefly described, and the characters both...deposits, although thei~ occurrence is not limited to Cornwall as was at one time supposed. ~ I The chemical...wood-tin differs very little from that of ordinary Cassiterite, as was shewn long ago by Klaproth. The following...following analyses were given in my Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon, pt. 2, p. 24 : - r d. Oxide of Tin...the other hand there would be a certain loss of metal in the slag which would more than compensate for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
different modes of occurrence of oxide of tin ia Cornwall were briefly described, and the characters both...deposits, although thei~ occurrence is not limited to Cornwall as was at one time supposed. ~ I The chemical...wood-tin differs very little from that of ordinary Cassiterite, as was shewn long ago by Klaproth. The following...following analyses were given in my Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon, pt. 2, p. 24 : - r d. Oxide of Tin...the other hand there would be a certain loss of metal in the slag which would more than compensate for
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
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N TRA comer , OP THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...and Zirkel on Crystalline Rocks Stratigraphy of Cornwall Geological Time The Evolution Hypothesis . ...Position and Relations of the Sedimentary Rocks Cornwall . . 12 . • Changes of Level on the Cornish Coasts...Henwood's Works . ix . M .Moissenet on the Lodes of Cornwall Elie de Beaumont's Theories ix . xiv . Report...Fossils of Oornwall . xvii. xviii. TheGeology of Cornwall Mr. Juke's Views thereon xx. xxiv. Dr. Holl on
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