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Cassiterite from
Goss Moor, St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Moor
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz1 photo of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Goss Moor, St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1588965
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1588965:0
GUID (UUID V4):d2aa8c44-a2e6-4971-b5fa-9e2857f2fdd0
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Gasson (Wheal Penrose; Wheal Gorgan), Goss Moor, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Gaverigan Tin Stream Works, Indian Queens, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
2.4km (1.5 miles) Castle-an-Dinas Mine, Castle-an-Dinas, St Columb Major, Cornwall, England, UK
2.5km (1.5 miles) St Dennis Crown Mine, St Dennis, St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Great Royalton Mine, Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (1.9 miles) Belowda Beacon, Belowda, Roche, Cornwall, England, UK
3.5km (2.2 miles) Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Hendra Downs, St Dennis, Cornwall, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, Fraddon, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
3.7km (2.3 miles) Fatwork and Virtue Mine (Indian Queens Tin Mine; Wheal Cornwall), Trevarran United Mines, Indian Queens, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
4.3km (2.6 miles) Parka Mine (Park of Mines), Trevarran United Mines, Indian Queens, St Enoder, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Dale Foster CollectionIdentified by Dale Foster: Visual Identification
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN), GOSS MOOR ALLUVIAL, ROCHE. EX SIR WILLIAM...MATRIX. 75x50 ACC No. 1036. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN) WHEAL KITTY, ST. AGNES. COLLCI920’S. 25x20 ... ACC No. 1037. CASSITERITE, GOSS MOOR ALLUVIAL, ROCHE. A20MM DIAMETER PEBBLE. COLL 1920. 20 ACC No...No. 1028. CASSITERITE PSEUDOMORPHING ORTHOCLASE FELDSPAR, WHEAL COATES, ST. AGNES. (EXC.V.SMALE) 40X20
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
concentrically banded and radiated varieties of cassiterite known as ' wood-tin ', and stated that one very...successive layers of amorphous, perhaps colloidal cassiterite, which is usually very ferruginous; (b)the gradual...the crystalline as compared with the colloidal cassiterite, these latter minerals being formed by the re-solution...form of photographs2 1. Wood-tin from Goss Moor, St. Dennis, Cornwall (Plate I, figs. 1 and 2, Plate II,... Coon of St. Austell. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON WOOD-TIN. 31 a n d dark-coloured cassiterite and of quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
south-west England SURFICIAL GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES OF TIN AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NORTH OF THE ST. AUSTELL...tungsten deposits north of the St. Austell Granite. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 000-000. A large regional...geochemical survey of the area north of the St. Austell Granite shows the distinct signatures of differing...School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE, U.K. Department of Geology, University...of the different types of mineralisation in SW England (Hosking, 1959, 1971), there have been few published
Report (issue)
Report 1 07 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall, Part 6 The Belowda area K E Beer, B R Mountford...Resources Series Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall Part 6 The Belowda area K E Beer, BSc, FIMM B...R C. 1989. Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 6:The Belowda area. British Geological Survey...drilling carried out in the Belowda area of mid-Cornwall. comprehensive data package is available at a...hypothermal mineralisation, the area north of the St. Austell Granite outcrop has supported only intermittent
Report (issue)
3LA No.83 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 5-The Castle-an-Dinas wolfram lode BRITISH...·1 I I I I Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 5-The Castle-an­ Dinas wolfram lode K....geochemical maps of p arts of south Devon and Cornwall 45 Mineral investig ations near Bodmin, Co·nwall...tin and copper occurrence in the Tremayne area of St Columb Major 46 Gold mineralisation at the southern...Wheal Reeth, Godolphin, Cornwall 82 Mineral investig ations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 4-Drilling at Royalton
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALIZATION IN THE INDIAN QUEENS AREA, MID-CORNWALL G. S. CAMM AND S. C. DOMINY G.S. Camm and S.C...was initially based on placer deposits around Goss Moor and Gaverigan and later from shallow underground...interest lies around the north-western part of the St. Austell mass where the granite lies at a high structural...and shallow underground mining operations for cassiterite. The principal mines (Figure 2) being Parka [SW...DETAIL OF TRELIVER AND GAVERIGAN DEPOSITS L oc a l st r uc t ur e a n d ge o l o gy Figure 1. Map showing
Book
the ancient world with particular reference to Cornwall R. D. Penhallurick @) MANEY FOR THE INSTITUTE...of Metals 1 Carlton House Terrace London SWIY 5DB, UK © 1986R. D. Penhallurick This paperback edition...Suite l C, Joseph's Well Hanover Walk LeedsLS3 lAB, UK ISBN 978 1 906540 19 7 All rights reserved. No part...addressed to Maney Publishing, permissions@maney.co. uk Statements in this book reflect those of the authors...Photosetting Ltd Fakenham, Norfolk Printed and bound in the UK by The Charlesworth Group, Wakefield Contents Early
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V~A...variety FRA~COLITE. Wheal Pendarves, Camborne, Cornwall. Rich sparkling crl,lsts of micro crystals covering...ARSfNOPYRITE. Himgston Down, near callington, Cornwall. Specimen A: 8right silvery sharp crystals to...rix. 1,!x1-?;x1", £4. SOp; Dean Qry., Lizard, Cornwall. Lustrous snow-white sharp crystals and crystal...47X3x1t", £9.00 ~ 10. AXINITE. Botallack ,. st. Just, Cornwall. Lust rous clove-brown sharp crystals to
Book
■ W. ' -.X\ »•*>.?* QOLD in the Counties Of Cornwall and Devon Errata Contents should read; Dedication...Counties Of Cornwall and Devon G.S.Camm CORNISH HILLSIDE PUBLICATIONS St. Austell, Cornwall. r First...published 1995 by CORNISH HILLSIDE PUBLICATIONS ST. AUSTELL. © G. Simon Camm ISBN 0 9519419 7 6 All rights...Analysis 17 Gold Bearing Localities 25 I West Cornwall District 25 2 Camborne to Truro District 27...Falmouth District 37 4 Truro to St. Austell District 42 5 St Austell District 50 6 Wadebridge District
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE. Ichinokawa...FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper
Report (issue)
MEMO.IRS OF THE GE()LOG-ICAL SURVEY ENGLAND AND WALES. EXPLANATION OF SHEET 347. THE GEOLOGY OF THE...THE COlJNTRY AROUND BODMIN AND ST. AUSTELL BY w. A. E. USSHER, G. BARRo,v, AND D. A. MAcALISTER, A.R...LONG ACRE, LONDON ; w. &· A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD.! 2, ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDIKBURO.H; HODGES, FIGGIS, & Co...£01· the northern part of the gr�nite mass of St. Austell with the adjacent sediments, and Mr. Usshe_r...and Museum of Practical Geology. •· LIST 6f CORNWALL. 32. NE., by C. Reid ; 32 SE., by C. Reid, G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGICAL ASPECT No. 5 x9o8 OF THE LODES OF CORNWALL.' DONALDA. MACALISTER(Assoc. R. S. M.). INTRODUCTION...HISTORICAL. The earliest records of the connection of Cornwall with the ' Communicated by permissionof the...the Director of the GeologicalSurvey of England and Wales. aThe GeologicalSurvey Memoirs dealingwith CornishMining...Pythias, the Carthaginian Himilco had visited Cornwall with a view to stimulatingthe tin trade betweenthat...a sea-bornetrade between Cornwall and Cadiz. When Pythias was in Cornwall he was informed by the inhabitants
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeeding years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconomicKaolinization,GoonbarrowChina Clay Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England:GeologicRelationships and Geochronology...upper Carboniferous(Westphalian)St. Austellgranite, Cornwall, England,consistof K-feldspar megacrysticbiotite-muscovite...boundarywasrelatedto cauldronsubsidence. In southwest England,zonesof completelykaolinizedgranite('-'5-25 wt...greisen(quartz-muscovite-tourmaline 4- topaz_ cassiterite) alterationselvages. At the Goonbarrowpit the...at $01 4- 12 m.y. (whole-rockRb/Sr isochronfor the St. Austellgranite)and coolingbelowa mica closuretemperatureof
Catalog/List
r : lxltx1-t" , £S.CO. 2. ANTHOPHYLLITE . dew England Qua rrv , Yeslllpton , Devo • '...3x2~" , £2. 25p 3. APATIT ~. _ nnv line , st . Austell , Cor~all . Specime A: Slenda r clea r l~strous...3x~X1~" , LB . 75p Conso l s :,e , Tvuardr83-h , Cornwall . L~stro 'S size ricnlv covering quartz/slate...TES . f"1i: . Wallington Mina , Twalvah~ads , Cornwall. grayish tabular cryst 31s to 1 cm in size richly...8ISMUTHI NITE . South CroftI' Mine , Illogan , Cornwall. Sp8cimen A: Bright Silvery- grey b18des and rod-
Report (issue)
3LA No.82 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 4Drilling at Royalton Farm BRITISH GEOLOGICAL...Report No. 82 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 4- Drilling at Royalton Farm Geology K...parts of south Devon and Cornwall 45 Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 2-New uranium, tin...tin and copper occurrence in the Tremayne area of St Columb Major 78 Exploration for porphyry-style copper...Investigations for tin around Wheal Reeth, Godolphin, Cornwall 46 Gold mineralisation at the southern margin
Report (chapter)
building and decorative stones of Cornwall, UK COLIN M. BRISTOW Cornwall Geoconservation Group, Ty Gwyn...Gwyn, 46 Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK (e-mail: mail@colinbristow.com) Abstract:...varied suites of igneous and sedimentary rocks, Cornwall has a rich variety of building and decorative...such as elvan and sandrock, do not occur outside Cornwall, so local stone provides much character to the...in the St Austell Granite (Luxulyan, Carn Grey and the china stone areas) and on Bodmin Moor (De Lank
Report (chapter)
and nineteenth century geotourism COLIN BRISTOW Cornwall Geoconservation Group/China Clay Historical Society...granite margin near St Austell. It became a ‘must-see’ location for visitors to Cornwall from all over Europe...has been designated a County Geology Site by the Cornwall Geoconservation Group, although it is now threatened...the most fascinating mining locations in the St Austell area, from both a historical and geological standpoint...travellers (some of whom were actual geotourists) to Cornwall in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries;
Book
Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
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Designed by BDP - Book D evelo ion,/ enzance, Cornwall o part of this 'Nork may be pho ocop:ed, stored...'f_'--"t S:r•a!e. or S age of the opal from St Austell is cred1te o Greenside Minerals (www.greenside...14 The D istricts 24 24 29 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers...Por1htowan to Perranpor1h The Lizard: Mullion to Manaccan St Auste ll: Ladock to Lostwithiel Wadebridge: Padstow...Linkinhorne East Cornwall : Callington t o Calstock 36 40 45 50 56 61 66 70 74 Rocks of Cornwall 78 Precious
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formations on the summit of Stowe’s Hill, Bodmin Moor Cornwall’s peninsula offers a remarkable wealth...Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...workings have created a unique landscape around St Austell. Tin, copper, lead, zinc and other metals were...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl ‘ch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath
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...were once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera houses...uplands from Dartmoor (Devon) westwards through Bodmin Moor,’ Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with...Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit Hill, St Agnes and Tregonning. These were intruded as molten
Book
There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009
Report (edition)
G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeedi11g years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized
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...uplands from Dartmoor (Devon) westwards through Bodmin Moor, Hensbarrow, Carnmenellis, and West Penwith, with...Marth, Castle-an-Dinas, Hingston Down, Kit Hill, St Agnes and Tregonning. These were intruded as molten
 
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