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Cassiterite from
Boscaswell Downs Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Wood Tin3 photos of Cassiterite associated with Wood Tin at this locality.
Quartz3 photos of Cassiterite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boscaswell Downs Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:540809
Long-form Identifier:1:3:540809:2
GUID (UUID V4):3465f089-a171-4b31-b124-17ef9edef9c1
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Wheal Carne (Wheal Maitland; Wheal London), Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Coronation Lode, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Wheal Stennack, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) East Boscaswell Mine (Wheal Hearle), Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) North Levant Mine (East Levant Mine), Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Bal, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Spearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) Pendeen Consols, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Book
undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
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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
Catalog/List
levanl Gal/ery, Lower Boscaswe/1, Pendeen, tVr, Penzance, Cornwall, Great Brilain. Te/ephone: Penzance... and cavity A. 3x2t,c2 11 ,~5.50. ~ Copper Mine, Au tralia. with inter-la.minated Brilliant, royal-blu~...BINDHEHITE/EOlrnNONITB/CUI-lENGI·rE. NeH Perth, Cornwall. bright to a.pple-~reen cavit:y coatine:s on vug...Nice! 3x3x11/ 1,~. 00. CALCITE(Levant Roses). Cornwall. A ca ernous white,crystalline core,almost covered...rose-coloured. 2ix2x1i 1•,~15.oo. CALCITE. Wh.Cock,Cornwall. Sharp,pearly xtla ( to 5/8 11 in size) heaped
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
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...p1lblished i n 1 822 bJ.. Di,. John Fo1·bes, the map of St. Just Pa1·ish issued in the same year by Joseph Ca1�·n...Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of special mention
Catalog/List
(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen. Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE SAM WELLER (MINERALOGIST)...(MINERALOGIST) Levant Laboratory, Pendeen, Nr. Penzance, Cornwall, TR19 7LE Tel: (01736) 788286 COLLECTION DISPOSAL...5x2x5/8", £8.75 A/4. ADAMITE. Kameriza Central Mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece. A sparkling lime-green...formation. 2x1.5x1.25", £24.00 ADULARIA/CHLORITE. St Gothard, Ticino, Switzerland. A matrix-free penetrant...i", A/7. ADULARIA/SPHENE/EPIDOTE/CHLORITE/ALBITE. St Gothard. Ticino, Switzerland. Excellent example of
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 (edition)
from a mine or group of mines. Adventurer: Traditional name for a shareholder in a Cornish mine. Bal:...used for female mine surface worker engaged in copper and tin dressing. Barrow Road: A mine tunnel which...surface by means of trench-like excavations. Burrow: Mine waste tips at surface. Deads: Also called attle:...transfer shares without consent of the rest. Kibble: A mine bucket used for hoisting ore and waste rock to surface...published 2002 by Tor Mark, United Downs Ind Est, Redruth, Cornwall TR16 SHY Reprinted 2008 © 2002 Tor
Book
John Corin evant A Champion Cornish Mine by John Corin Edited and expanded by Peter Joseph With contributions... Penryn, Cornwall TRIO SAA Typeset by Peninsula Projects c/o PO Box 62, Cambome, Cornwall TR14 7ZN ... The Comish Mine logo is the Trade Mark™ of the Trevithick Society DEDICATION IN MEMORIAM Ronnie Alford...guidebook and popular history. John's book appeared at just the right time. The only other history of Levant...greater appreciation of the entire area of Levant Mine and a great deal of new information has emerged
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...of westen1 Con1wall 25-inch scale maps were used; mine sections have been reduced consistently to a scale
Book
A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
Journal (issue)
Morgon • R.E. Starkey 7 DIARY OF EVENTS 8 The UK Joumol of illines mul 1J,,fi11erols publishes articles...QUARRY S.A. Rusi ------- 20 ------A TRIP TO ENGLAND C. Pe1111ypocker • M.P. Cooper EDITORIAL P.J...PRINTING BY ------- Ryton Typin~ Sen-ice, 2CJRycon St., Worksop, Nocts. SH0 2,\ Y Td. 38 ------MINERAL...local group of the Society was formed in southeast England, and this organises regular meetings every two...developed during 1985, covering northern England, northwest England and the Midlands. The Society purchased
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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
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ENGLAND AND WALES. I�DEX TO REPORT t ' ON THE • GEOLOGY · OF CORNWALL, DEVON, AND...importance than the '' Report 011 the Geology of Cornwall.. Devon and vVest Somerset," by Sir Henry De la...proved of so much service during the re-survey of Cornwall an...nthracite, 113, 114, 124-126, 143, 144, Amethysts in Cornwall, 497. Amicombe Hill, height of, 4, 14. 513-515;... 471, raised beach near, 424. Bal, 566. Baldt1e Mine, 621. Balk, serpentine of tl1e, 499 ; passage of
Book (edition)
Gold Occurrences in the UK A Gold Prospector's Guide LEE GARY PALMER MSc Published in the United...40 Archers Ave Irvine, Ayrshire KA11 2GB Scotland UK Content copyright© Lee Gary Palmer, 2019 The right...Nuggets of the UK Preface Gold The Word The Element Origin Locations Information Maps England South West...West England - Cornwall South West England - Devon South West England - Somerset South East England - Essex...Essex South East England - Kent South East England - Bedfordshire South East England - Suffolk English
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...Brook-Fox, Mr D. G. Broughton, Dr R. Burt, the late Mr H. St L. Cookes, Mr T. A. Greeves, the late Dr A. K. Hamilton...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
Journal (issue)
invited to contribute to this magazine even if this just means sending very welcome snippets from newspapers...Space and Time of Mined Gunflint__ 51 Geevor Tin Mine Revisited, Cornwall____________ 52 Empire Jack -...Shaft gate at Level 3 in Geevor Tin Mine in Cornwall in 1991. The mine closed in 1990 the pumps were switched...in 1991 and the mine quickly flooded up to Level 3 which is the drainage level. The mine is now a popular...and Subterranea Britannica. Printed by Designosaur UK Ltd., First Floor, Albany House, Elliot Road, Bournemouth
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the remainder emanating from minor sources. Cassiterite is the only mineral of significant commercial...South and Central America Bolivia (3) Europe Cornwall, England Erzgebirge G.D.R./Czechoslovakia. West Iberia...Mt. Garnet, Queensland North-east Tasmania New England, New South Wales Cooktown, Queensland Albury -...characteristics, i.e. tin bearing pegmatites, quartz cassiterite, quartz sulphide etc. This however proved unworkable...intermediate Subvolcanic group (cassiterite-silicate, cassiterite-sulphide formations tin bearing skarns)
 
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