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Cassiterite from
Wheal Prosper, South Phoenix Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Prosper, South Phoenix Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:752385
Long-form Identifier:1:3:752385:4
GUID (UUID V4):133860ed-8420-4f18-8c0e-ad24b662fe7e
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.3km (0.2 miles) South Phoenix Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.3km (0.2 miles) Wheal Jenkin, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.5 miles) Gonamena Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Silver Valley Mine (New Phoenix Mine; Wheal Cheesewring), Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Phoenix, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Withybrook Mine (Witheybrook Mine), West Phoenix Mine, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) West Phoenix Mine, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
Catalog/List
Greenside Mine, Patterdale, Cumbria, pinkish grey xls. 50x30x20mm. £9. 6. BARYTOCALCITE. Blagill Mine, Alston...12x10x8mm. 80x80x40mm. £375. 11. CALCITE. Carrock Mine, Carrock Fells, Cumbria. a quartz/calcite veinstone...level". 80x70x15mm. £18. 12. CALCITE. Cambokeels Mine, Weardale, Cumbria. A sharp lustrous hexagonal xl...60x60x2Ontn. ■max. £285. 14. CALCITE. New Glencrieff Mine, Wanlockhead, Scotland, A small group of three colourless...30x20x20mm. £6. 15. CALCITE ON NATIVE COPPER. Caledonia Mine, Michigan, USA. Several sharp calcite xls to 10mm
Catalog/List
26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ffiDERING INFORMATION Mail orders are promptly...3. 4. 1/ 5· 6. 8. 9. 10. ALTAITE. smuggler Mine, Balarat, Boulder Cty., Colorado, U.S.A. Rich metallic...£2. ANALCIME. Dene Quarry, st. Keverne, Lizard, Cornwall. Large sno\1-white intergrown crystals to 1" in...minor Quartz. 2txlt". £8. ANGLESITE. Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Cornwall. Rich crust of rhombic crystals thickly...ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Cornwall. A Itxl" cavity in massive pure Arsenopyrite lined
Catalog/List
LATE MAURICE J. E. GRIGG ESQ OF INDIAN QUEENS CORNWALL TO BE HELD IN “THE VICTORY HALL" THE DRANG, INDIAN...(MM’s) LOT No: 1 ACC No. 795. ARTHUR1TE, HINGSTON MINE. DRAKEWALLS. GREEN XSTLS IN SHALLOW CAVITY (50 X... 30 4 ACC No. 760. OLIVENITE, BEDFORD UNITED MINE, GULWORTHY. CRYSTALS ON ONESIDEOFTHESLATEY KILLAS...COLLECTION LABEL) 70x30 5 ACC No. 745. CUPRITE, WHEAL DAMSEL, GWENNAP. CRYSTALS TO 8MM ON GOSSAN Y UPPER...KITCHEN SECTION, DOLCOATH MINE. COLL 1892. 80x70 8 ACC No. 1056. CASSITERITE (VAR WOOD TIN), GOSS MOOR
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEDIMENTATION; THE CAMEL AND GANNEL ESTUARIES, CORNWALL D. PIRRIE, M. R. POWER, A. PAYNE, G. S. CAMM AND...the Camel and Gannel estuaries, Cornwall. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 021-028 The mineralogy...in the Camel and Gannel estuaries on the north Cornwall coast has been examined to test the importance...Sn, W and Zr which corresponds with abundant cassiterite, wolframite and zircon. This sediment was supplied...supplied to the estuary as a result of the release of mine waste tailings from hard rock mining of main stage
Report (issue)
investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall Part 3- The Mulberry and Wheal Prosper area .I I I· I I I _I I ...and Wheal Prosper area I I I I I I I I I I I I �-. Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall Geology...granite roof in south-west Cornwall Geochemical and geophysical investigations around Garras Mine. near Truro...Truro, Cornwall Molybdenite mineralisation in Precambrian rocks near Lairg, Scotland Investigation of copper...associated with the Skiddaw Granite near Carrock Mine, Cumbria Investigation of stratiform sulphide mineralisation
Book (edition)
See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...nineteenth centuries, which for a while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the...Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Book (edition)
iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...mined over the centuries. Today, only one large tin mine is at work, but the winning of tin is known from...19th centuries, which for a while made this far south-west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining...Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in South Wales, the small schooners...county were once bustling with industry. Sans Levant Mine, St. Just. The small engine house nearer the camera
Journal (issue)
INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue...Penberthy Croft Mine Published by Rock Bottom Publications Ltd. Nottingham ISSN 0952-2409 UK Journal of
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EarlyandMain StageOre Mineralization in Southwest Cornwall A. N. H^i•i•m^¾ Scottish Universities Research...occurs rectly connectedwith the main stagesof cassiterite as lenticular, veinlike bodies and irregular-shaped...southwestEngland (Cor- ondary muscovite,fluorite, apatite, cassiterite,pyrite, nubian) batholithof 290 to 300 m.y. seemsaccepted...Introduction 752 ORE MINER/ILIZ/ITION TIMING: S. W. CORNWALL r'• Basement Rocks ,,,. . . • Granite Cupolas...replacementat the granite margin (in the Geevor mine). The K-feld- orange-pink swarms(Hall, 1971) andcommonly
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
Report (issue)
Intrusive and pneumatolytic breccias in south-west England • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ... Intrusive and pneumatolytic breccias in south-west England A. J. J. Goode and R. T. Taylor © Crown...research 4 Intrusive breccias 5 Composition in south-west England 5 Distribution and form 6 Relationship to...deposits, intrusive breccias and their signficance in Cornwall 13 Conclusions 14 Acknowledgements References...localities in south-west England 3 PLATES 1 Intrusive breccias from New Rosewarne Mine, Copper Bottom Mine and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geoscience in south-west England FIELD EXCURSION TO STUDY ASPECTS OF THE ST. AUSTELL GRANITE AND ITS...mineralization, January 2002. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 370-372. Camborne School of Mines, University...University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE, U.K. (E-mail: pscott@csm.ex.ac.uk). INTRODUCTION...localities, the Tresayes Pegmatite Quarry, Great Wheal Prosper China Clay Pit and Gunheath China Clay Pit were...part and visiting the Kernick Mica Dam, Melbur and Wheal Remfry pits, and a processing plant. This report
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...features but also include areas containing open mine shafts, ruined buildings and high cliffs. Please... Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21 Boswedden...Boswedden Mine 23, Geevor Mine 25. Wheal Hear-le (East Boscaswell Mine) 28 St Ives Mining District 2 9 Wheal
Book (volume)
cover, top: Holman's 70-inch engine house, South Caradon Mine, 1995. (Walk 1) Front cover, bottom: The... Cook's Kitchen Mine, 1995. (Walk4) Back cover, top: Wheal Trewavas - looking south-west, 1990. New Engine...OPPOSITE The 25-inch whim-engine house at Ding Dong Mine. (Walk 7) (Photograph by Simon Vere Jones, 1995)...PUBLICATIONS Landfall, Penpol, Devoran, Truro, Cornwall TR3 6NW Telephone Truro (01872) 862581 Copyright...Record Office, the Cornish Studies Library and the Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Typesening and maps (other
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2006 1) ADULARIA. Ogo Dour, Predannick, Lizard, Cornwall. Nice group of salmon pink xls to 1mm covering...AMETHYST. Park Clay Pit, St Neot, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. A nice clean group of amethystine xls to 5mm...3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Arsenic Works, Pendeen, Cornwall. Flue product. A group of spiky grey xls to 4mm...collection, 60x40y,5nirn. 4) BARITE. Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall. Pinkish buff radiating masses in a
Book (volume)
IE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF UTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume II LONDON HER MAJESTY ' S STATIONERY OFFICE...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South -West England Volume II By H...iv CHAPTER V . — Details OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 8. St. Austell district...Liskeard district North Hill (p . 582) ; Caradon and Phoenix (p. 589); St. Neot (p. 608 ); Menheniot (p . 615)...Castle-an -Dinas Wolfram Mine; longitudinal section .. .. FIG . 36 . — The Phoenix United Mines Lode .
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Pacific Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie...Yorkshire Yakutia Russia Milos, Greece Wheal Andrew Cornwall Bala Wales A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1...The Knipe, S.Scotland Ow A2 Price £1 Coldberrv Mine Corsica A2 A2 £2 sop Nevada, USA Unknown The
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...1956. The metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...(0)115 9363100 The Lyell Centre Research Avenue South Edinburgh EH14 4AP Tel: +44 (0)131 667 1000 DINES...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE
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 (volume)
BRITAIN The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...PLATES V CHAPTER V.-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell...district . 582 North Hill (p. 582); Caradon and Phoenix (p. 589); St. Neot (p. 608); Menheniot (p. 615)
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...arca­ site/galena vein from the Gwynfynydd Gold Mine, near Dolgellau in North Wales This report was...R C. 1989. Mineral investigations near Bodmin, Cornwall. Part 6:The Belowda area. British Geological Survey...Office at the Geological Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DE -a: 01-589 4090 .,
Book
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...Quaternary deposits. ., • Plate 1 Pordenack Point, south of Land's End. Castellated cliffs formed from megacrystic...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE...British Geological Survey, Sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales). Authors A J J Goode, BSc and R T Taylor
 
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