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Cassiterite from
Roskrow United Mine, Perranarworthal, 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 Roskrow United Mine, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:907281
Long-form Identifier:1:3:907281:7
GUID (UUID V4):6822b835-447f-47fd-93d4-d07b33712f0b
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.4km (0.2 miles) Wheal Magdalen (Wheal Mary Mawdlyn), Ponsanooth, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (0.9 miles) South United Mine (Perran Downs Mine), Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (2.0 miles) Wheal Lemon, Mylor, Cornwall, England, UK
3.3km (2.1 miles) Bissoe Mine (Bissoe Bridge Mine), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Ale and Cakes Mine, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Carnon valley alluvials, Bissoe, Kea, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Wheal Clifford, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Poldory Mine, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Treviskey Mine, East Tresavean Mine (Treviskey United Mines), Tresavean Mine, Lanner, Lanner, 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
Journal (issue)
-Structure and mineralization at Roskrow United Mine, Ponsanooth, Cornwall, by J. Taylor, B.Sc., A.M.I.M...Sc. 33 IV.-Radian anglesite from Wheal Speed, Cornwall, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc., and K. Taylor, B.Sc...Gallagher, B.Sc., Ph.D. 4. Radian psilomelane from Nkana Mine, Zambia, by M. J. Gallagher, B.Sc., Ph.D. 5. Beryl... III Photo micrographs of uranium ore, Roskrow United Mine 37 IV Photographs and autoradiographs illustrating... Fro. 1. Ill Plan of adit-level workings, Roskrow United M ine . . Fro. 1. FIG. 2. FIG. 1. Fro. 2
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...60x40y,5nirn. 4) BARITE. Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall. Pinkish buff radiating masses in a cavity in
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 (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ... .. ... 36.-Pedn an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es ... ... ... :-3... 43.-rl,r·esket·by l\Iine ... ... ... ... 4 4.-United Hills . . . .. ... ... 45.-l�illifi·eth. T_J 11ity...rethem, Ruan Lanihorne, Tre­ silian, 1.,ruro, Perranarworthal, Mylor Bridge, and Penryn. Those estuaries...larger of these are the Red River, so called from the mine ,vasbi11gs which discolour it, and the stream th
Journal (issue)
elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...Brannel, South Crofty and Wherry el van dykes, Cornwall, by J. R. Hawkes, Ph.D., R. R. Harding, D.Phil...and chalcedonic concretions in anhydrite, Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. . ....occurrence of sapphire in the Land's End Granite, Cornwall, by A. C. Wilson, B.Sc., Ph.D. 61 I. VII. Refringence...Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria 58 Photomicrographs of concretions in anhydrite from Sandwith Mine, St Bees
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...Castle-an -Dinas Wolfram Mine; longitudinal section .. .. FIG . 36 . — The Phoenix United Mines Lode . . FIG...FIG . 37. — South Phoenix Mine; transverse section showing the lodes occupy ing fault fissures res
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...copyright 1988 First published 1988 Printed in the United Kingdom for BGS by Derry and Sons Ltd, Nottingham...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...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
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
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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...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
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
Book (volume)
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...-castle-an-Dinas Wolfram Mine; longitudinal section 524 FIG. 36.-The Phoenix United Mines Lode 592 FIG
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 (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
Report (issue)
OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY I. District Reports A. England and Wales I. South-Western District • • • • 2....Availability of one...inch geological maps of England . . . . . . . and Wales '' 32 Fig. 4 Availability...and 4641 sq. miles of resurvey. In south-western England the primary six-inch survey of the Hols­ worthy...investigations by staff based in the North of England office at Leeds, attention in North Wales has been...this sheet is nearing completion. In north-west England revision mapping has been completed of all the
Report (issue)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PRINCIPAL URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD ................................. 7 8 9 9 10 10 United States of America........................... Canada...France............................................. England............................................ Scotland...assemblage in "sedimentary type" uranium ores of the United States included Ag, As, B, Ba, Be, Cd, Cs, Co,...extend as much as 400 m below the surface in the United States and 1500 m in Canada and may contain 10
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contributed during discussions, field trips, and mine visits. As cited in the text, many colleagues provided...the original manuscript, particularly T. K. Ball (UK), I. Benkovics (Hungary), F. Bianconi (Switzerland)...Chapter 20 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 Cornwall .. . . ...mineralization occurs in the upper sections of the mine in two settings, synsedimentary (up to few hundred...vertical interval from 40 to 50 m in the Mitterberg Mine. Mineralization consists of irregular accumulations
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PROSPECTS ' i OF METALLIFEROUS MINES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM By ROBERT HUNT, , F.R.S.* inr KPEPER...discovered, a district producing tin. Indications of old mine workings such as holes pierced in the faces of the...present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity. \V%...STORICAL AND MONUMENTAL, OF IDE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.’* Devon and Cornwall) were first discovered by tne Phornicians...among<^ which they prolmbly reckoned the west of Cornwall, carried on so considerable a trade here, that
 
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