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Cassiterite from
Swanpool Mine, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Comments:A little cassiterite occurred in the deepest levels of the mine.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Swanpool Mine, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:907787
Long-form Identifier:1:3:907787:4
GUID (UUID V4):15cc5908-aced-4e40-a890-029ca6dc4ca8
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.9km (0.6 miles) ⓘPennance Mine, Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK
6.4km (4.0 miles) ⓘWheal Lemon, Mylor, Cornwall, England, UK
6.8km (4.2 miles) ⓘHalvosso Quarry (Halvasso Quarry; Kessel Downs Quarry), Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘWheal Vyvyan (incl. Wheal Fire), Constantine, Cornwall, England, UK
7.4km (4.6 miles) ⓘWheal Magdalen (Wheal Mary Mawdlyn), Ponsanooth, St Gluvias, Cornwall, England, UK
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘRestronguet Creek Mine, Penpol, Feock, Cornwall, England, UK
7.5km (4.7 miles) ⓘWheal Caroline, Constantine, Cornwall, England, UK
7.7km (4.8 miles) ⓘRoskrow United Mine, Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK
8.3km (5.2 miles) ⓘSouth United Mine (Perran Downs Mine), Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England, UK
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘRetanna Hill Mine, Retanna, Wendron, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Report (edition)
| Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes...Botallack Mine (photograph: David Alderton). Geologists’ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A....Mount’s Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The Lizard Peninsula 31 48 REFERENCES...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas
Report (edition)
meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine (photograph David Alderton)...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;...II Mount's Bay 1 4 III St. Agnes District IV Falmouth Bay V The Lizard Peninsula REFERENCES 5 4 ... List of Figures 1. O u t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
School of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall, TR15 3SE INTRODUCTION There is well documented...mineralization in southwest England have largely concerned northern and eastern Cornwall, and south Devon (e...south Cornwall. GEOLOGY V a ris c a n t ect o n ic s The Variscan basement of south Cornwall comprises...within the vicinity of the Carrick Thrust, south Cornwall (trace of the thrust after Leveridge et al., 1990)...1987). The application of this model to south Cornwall was briefly considered by Wilkinson (1990), as
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Cornwall’s Railways Customs and Superstitions Exploring Cornwall with your Car Ghosts, Demons and Spectres Harry...Historic Houses, Castles and Gardens Introducing Cornwall Shipwrecks Around Land’s End Shipwrecks Around...Bay Shipwrecks — St Ives to Bude The Story of Cornwall The Story of Cornwall’s Churches The Story of...Tales of the Cornish Twelve Walks on the Victorian Cornwall Fishermen Miners Smugglers Wreckers Lizard The...1990 by Tor Mark Press, Islington Wharf, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 8AT © 1990 Tor Mark Press ISBN 0-85025-325-X
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Cornwall's Railways Customs and Superstitions Exploring Cornwall with your Car Ghosts, Demons and Spectres Harry...Historic Iiouses, Castles and Gardens Introducing Cornwall Shipwrecks Around Land 's End Shipwrecks Around...Bay Shipwrecks - St Ives to Bude The Story of Cornwall The Story of Cornwall's Churches The Story of...Wreckers Twelve Walks on the Lizard Victorian Cornwall - The photograph opposite was taken at Geevor...1990 by Tor Mark Press, Islington Wharf, Penryn, Cornwall TRIO SAT © 1990 Tor Mark Press ISBN 0-85025-325-X
Report (edition)
GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...Peninsula II. Mount's Bay II I. St. Agnes District IV. Falmouth District V. The Lizard Peninsula EDITED BY J...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL I‱‱+·j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries
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■ 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...25 I West Cornwall District 25 2 Camborne to Truro District 27 3 Helston to Falmouth District 37...Index 99 108 Maps and Figures Page Map 1 SW England Simplified Geology. Map 2 District Location....Redruth-Truro. Map 4 Gold Locations Helston-Falmouth. 38 Map 5 Placer Gold Locations Ladock-Grampound
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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...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although
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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
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...cross tl1e front of the valley. Clift" Sectic‱n of Falmouth Slate Series in the foregrot1nd (Frort tis[.,‱iece.... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 36.-Pedn an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es...') f ) ) 25(j 25tJ 257 'fHE G EO LOGY OF FALMOUTH AND TRURO A N D OF THE M IN I NG DISTRICT OF...ïżœIoreover, the ttrms of tl1e sea, repre ... sen ted by Falmouth harbour and i ts confluent creel{s, 1)enetr,lte
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Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...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...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action...are older rocks on the Lizard peninsula, most of Cornwall consists of Devonian rocks, known locally as “killas’
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A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, INCLUDING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS AND THE...“Campiglia Mines,” &c. With Geological Map of Cornwall, AND NUMEROUS STEEL PLATEs, ILLUSTRATIVE of INFLUENCE...ON SCENERY. REPRINTED FROM THE “GAZETTEER OF CORNWALL.” LONDON : OFFICE of “THE MINING Journal,” 26...Âșx FoÂș: PREFACE. During my present visit to England, my father, Mr. Robert Symons of Truro, pressed...account of the Geology of Cornwall, to accompany his forthcoming Gazetteer of Cornwall. This, owing to the
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
Journal (issue)
Pyromorphite crystals on plumbogummite, from Roughton Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria. National Museum of Wales...myne (ore) from Mr. Foley's land at Aston' and 'mine in stock at the Black House'. The iron ores of...extremity near Clifford's Mesne (Fig. 1), called Mine Wood on the 1841 Tythe map. The latter also names...near the village (Nat. Grid. ref. SO 702 237) as Mine Wood and l~ine Ground. Arable land (SO 706 233)... near Woodgate (Fig. 1), is at present known as Mine Field, it being said locally that iron-ore was quarried
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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
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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 (volume)
VOI.1. XXI.-LEAD, SILVER-LEAD AND ZINC O1-tES OF CORNWALL, DEVON AND 8O1\fERSET. BY HENRY DEWEY. PUBLISHED...of lead, zinc and silver in the south-west of England. The early history of the industry is obscure and...with regard to the mines of vVest and Central Cornwall to l\fessrs. Scott, Marshall, Paull, .Taylor and...and Faull, and for those of North Cornwall to Messrs. Fitzmaurice, Oliver and Swete. ~Ir. J. G. IIamling...HISTORY. STATISTICS l !!.-WEST, CENTRAL AND NORXH CoRNWALL. J.HELSTON DISTRICT. 11.-NEWQUAY DISTRICT. III
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...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...Somerset figures were published in 1984 and the Cornwall outputs are due to be published soon. K. E. Beer
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permission of the author. Printed and bound in the UK by: BookPrintingUK Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive,...France, and Morocco 127 1985 - Bedford United Mine 140 1986 - 1989 More Foreign Travel 154 1990...David Lloyd laddering down a shaft at Bedford United Mine, Devon. Introduction I was born in Bristol on...Minerals and became regular exhibitors at many of the UK mineral shows over the following years. We also visited...We collected together for many years, both in the UK and on the continent. I also helped Ian out later
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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
Journal (volume)
Cotmcil of ihat body the the Royal Institution of Cornwall understood it should is not responsihle for...S 7 Notes on the Igneous Rocks of South-east Cornwall and their Stratigraphical Values, by K. N. Worth...of Flint Flakes and small Stone Implements in Cornwall, by Francis Brent, F.S. A Notes on the Great...1886-7 List of 37 50 Christian Remains in Cornwall, anterior to the Mission of Saint Augustine to...President's Address 122 Early Topogi-aphy of Falmouth, by H. A M. Jeffery, F.R.S 147 Valuation of
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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
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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
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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...Wolfram Lode 523 FIG. 35.-castle-an-Dinas Wolfram Mine; longitudinal section 524 FIG. 36.-The Phoenix
 
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