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Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Illogan, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

UK Grid Reference: SW688397
Latitude: 50°12'41"N
Longitude: 5°14'27"W
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.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Azurite
Baryte
Bassetite (TL)
Bismutite
Bornite
Brochantite
Cacoxenite
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


50 entries listed. 37 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

UK
  • England
    • Cornwall
      • Camborne - Redruth - St Day District

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References

- 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.

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