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Cassiterite from
Wheal Ellen, Carallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Visually Identified
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Ellen, Carallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1252884
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1252884:6
GUID (UUID V4):dd7413dd-de3b-4a71-a853-066cd6123063
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Bosorne Mine, Cot Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Cunning, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Bellan (Wheal Bellon), Cot Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Kelynack Mine, Cot Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Goldings Mine, Boscean Mine, Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Hermon (Wheal St Just), Cot Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Bollawal Mine, Carn Gloose, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wheal Grouse, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Boscean Mine, Kenidjack Valley, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wheal Letcha, Hendra, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera houses...Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit Hill, St Agnes and Tregonning. These were intruded as molten...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of the
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources...... II.- - DETA.ILS OF THE l\iINES 12 I. The St. Just District, pp. 12-17. II. '!'he Camborne, Redruth...The St. Austell District, pp. 42-45. IV. The Ca.radon District, pp. 46-54. V. The East Cornwall a.nd
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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Book (edition)
Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses the...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...winding, and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit Hill, St Agnes and Tregonning. These were intruded as molten...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of the
Book
Yorke Peninsula Copper Mines Yudanamutana, Daly, Wheal Turner, Rhondda, Mount Nor'- West, Mount Lyiidhurst...Brown), Rhondda, Wheal Emu Flat, Blinman, and Kapunda Mines; near Saltia, near Blinman, Wheal Turner, and...Ranges, Mount Coffin, Curramulka, Angaston Creek, Wheal Nitschke, Mount Nor' -West South Creek Mine and...calcite). ; CALAMINE. ; Beltana King Mine. CASSITERITE. (See Tin.) CELESTITE. Wallaroo. CERUSSITE...Bold, Mount Lyndhurst Mine, Wheal Turner, Queen Bee Mine, Mingary, Wheal Danks (N.T.) CHALCEDONY. Angaston
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...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
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...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
Book (volume)
MINERS OF CORNWALL 2. ST AGNES - PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMIL TON JENKIN MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL II. ST...ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL 11. ST. AGNES-PERRANPORTH A. K. HAMILTON...and origin of this work, see Part I: A.ROUND ST. lvES. ST. AGNES - PERRANPORTH T HIS AREA COMPRISES...on its eastern side, may be seen the burrows of WHEAL TO WAN, an old and once important copper mine which...which ranked, in its day, as one of the richest in Cornwall. No account has hitherto been given of this mine
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
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...Tregavethan to Skin­ n er's Bottom, in the parish of St. Agnes, is comparatively flat. The adjacent tract...elevated portion of this sheet. The Tertiary beds of St. Agnes are indeed only a mile distant, where they
Report (issue)
MINERALS: 1983 by R.J. Noble, Handbook DJ. J. Just and J.E. Johnson No. 7 Woolman, Government Printer...ome Co \"] 1. Mineralogy—South Australia. |. Just, J. (Juri). Il. Johnson, J. E. (James Eric). Ill...extends over a strike length of 26 km from the Wheal Turner mine, beyond the Yudnamutana smelter site...schistose metavolcanic rock at the Yudnamutana and Wheal Gleeson copper mines;in schist in Corundum Creek...occur with gahnite, galena, and pyrite at the Wheal Ellen mine. Bright green and black crystals of andradite
Other Paper
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices to the World Heritage Site...Site Management Plan 2013-2018 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage
Journal (issue)
............. Former miner honoured for building UK - Mexico links .................... Crystal Classics...connellite and other minerals from Crinnis Mine, Cornwall Meeting & Field Trip Reports ...................in and send it back before the AGM weekend in Cornwall in April. There are at least two good reasons...table - including the unexpected duplication of "St. Marie" shows in France this year - and a couple...are open to .au the members of the Society and not just to the members of the organising branches. I hope
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...CHAPTER V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...................
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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...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
Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...Districts I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage...Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103 127 Section...South Condurrow II Tolgus Tunnel to Lambriggan III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig
Book
from Adelaide, and the colony’s first mine, the Wheal Gawler, began operations in May of that year. In...mined at Mount Malvern and Rapid Bay. At the Wheal Ellen mine near Strathalbyn it is accompanied by pyrite...rolling, but with many precipitous areas such as St Mary Peak at Wilpena, 1 166 metres above sea level...been mined at Tarcoola and at Glenloth where cassiterite (black tin oxide) is also found. In the Cleve...by sediments of the Great Artesian Basin and lies just to the west of Lake Eyre. These ranges have not
Book (volume)
disastrous fall in metal prices later in the century, Cornwall led the world in the art and science of mining...1980 by Alison Hodge, 5 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1980 No part of this publica1ion... 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41; Royal Institution of Cornwall, Plates 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14...Ltd., St. Ives, Cornwall. Origination and Printing by Dowrick Design and Print, St. Ives, Cornwall. CONTENTS...Downs I. Wheal Tolgus and Old Tolgus United 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Great North Tolgus South Wheal Tolgus Great
Book (volume)
Hodge, Bosulval Farmhouse, Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1983_ No pan of 1hi~publica1ion...34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40; Royal lns1i1u1ionof Cornwall, Pla1es 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 26, 27, 28, 30... Ives, Cornwall. Origination and printing by Dowrick Design & Print Lid., S1. Ives, Cornwall. CONTENTS...Camborne Vean 4. Camborne Consols 5. Carn Camborne 6. Wheal Harriett 7. West Stray Park 11 61 75 89 96 101...110 Srclion 2. Barripper 8. North Dolcoath 9. Wheal Nelson 10. 'West Tolcarne 11. Trevoole 113 119
Journal (volume)
Arsenic in Queensland Arsenic Output of Devon and Cornwall (m.d.) Simon A. L. Report (m.d.) (m.d.) Arsenic-Silver...Barite Deposits in Missouri Barite in North of England Barite, its Uses and Occurrences (m.d.) Basset...Metallurgy, Picard on Lead and Zinc Mining in England Lead Mines Close in West Australia Lead Mining...in Malav and Siam 27,38,: Tin Ore Production in England, 1917 S. J. Truscott (m.d.) Tin Sliiiic. t'onceiitrntion...Sudan Gold Report Report Stopcl-'illing. Surveying St«|ie Measuring at Cobar Buliihidc Sulphid. Sulpl
Report (Issue volume)
thet HAS Se Oe Ee RC Gold deposits of the Kambalda-St Ives region TL)EEMPRODCHESSANGSIV RELICS arene ree...oP. ony! Ballarat East gold deposits PABA VAUVET ST Cte mate ey ee ets SPOe Pen tee Oe ne ND en Union...eee eae SECTION 7.5: New England Fold Belt In New South Wales New England Fold Belt, New South Wales...RRATPS. 5 BE PS Shy ees ER Od OB co Oc eke 60 cick ST Cee ake eae Kerimenge gold prospect MET REIUILON...| rs Z oN Z “4 Hf t 4 Hl t Nt of coastline ST\ | | 4 t t : MSL L 1000 -2000 Hy f mylonite
Journal (volume)
ining PUBLISHED AT SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON, H^St' (INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1921...Cornish Kaohn, Ltd Cornish Tin Mines Close-down Cornwall, : Pumping . . 202. 329 122 122 325 264 ...Flin-Flon Ore-body Flotation Litigation Flotation of Cassiterite Flotation Process applied to Coal Fluor-spar... Risdon Rock-Drill, VVave-Transm ission R. de H. St. Stephens C. R. Love Rocks under Pressure, Study...at \'illage Deep ('"•«•) Viaducts, Trestle, in Cornwall Vickers' and Universitv of Sheffield :"j\ {m.d
Journal (volume)
Reavell (m.d.). Air-Compressors {m.d.) Aur-CooUng at St. John del Rev {m.d.). Alumina from Clay, Miguet's...). . . Travelling Book-Case Unit. . . Cassiterite in Laterite Cementation Process at Beeringen...Chamber of Mines Report Coniisli Kaolin i58, 103, Cornwall Labour Problems Corocoro Copper District Gfotogy...and Bolivia Gold Report. 3S4 Fullers liarth in Cornwall 230 Fumes and Dusty Gases, Treatment of .W. E...in tlie T. Eastwood District, . Laterite, Cassiterite in Lawford, E. G Salaries .. of Young Enghieers
Report (issue)
..................................... WHEAL ELLEN(Wheal Ellen North) .................................................................. WHEALFORTUNE (Wheal Fortune Extended, Paringa) .......................production continued until 1973 at Mary Springs, Wheal Ellen, and Nooka. exploration in Australia from 1945...stratigraphic succession of the greenstone sequences was fit-st established as a result of GSWA rcgional mapping...of tin (200-300 ppm), which is most likely in cassiterite, similar to the Whim Creek deposit (Nickel, 1982)
Report (issue)
.......................... 150 Wanerenooka m Wheal Alpha ........................... ...............many parts of the world (for example Cornwall, southwest England), and the discovery of bronze, an alloy...has an attractive colour. 77307-2 3 Chile. In just 17 years, world primary copper production doubled...State dates from 1856 when the Wanerenooka mine just north of Northampton was discovered, although several...ore containing 1 127 t of copper, to which the Wheal Fortune mine was the biggest single contributor
 
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