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Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Troon-Lanner area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

Prominent vanner house and calciner overlooking valley to east of Carnkie. Extensive dumps now landscaped and grassed-over. West Basset stamps on opposite side of valley also belong to this mine, as does group of engine houses clustered in valley bottom around Lyle's Shaft.

Ref.:
- Hallimond (1915) Mineralogical Magazine: 17: 221.
- Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 992, 995.





UK OS Grid Reference: SW688397
Map Reference: 50°12'41"N , 5°14'27"W

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
Bassetite (TL)
Bismutite
Bornite
Brochantite
Cassiterite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Connellite
Copper
Cuprite
Cyanotrichite
Galena
Johannite
Langite
Libethenite
Liebigite
Malachite
Metatorbernite
Pseudomalachite
Pyrite
Quartz
Saléeite
Silver
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Uraninite
Uranospathite (TL)
Uranospinite
Vochtenite (TL)
Wolframite
Zeunerite


49 entries listed. 36 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
UK
 
  • England
    • Cornwall
      • Camborne - Redruth - St Day District
        • Troon-Lanner area
          • Basset Mines
            • Wheal Basset

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