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Wheal Jewel (incl. Wheal Quick), St Day, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Worked from 1815 to 1853, producing 58,150 tons of copper. Several waste tips and some extremely deep and cavernous open mine shafts remain beside the St. Day-Carharrack road and in the area around Crofthandy.



References:
- (in part): Dana 7:I:381.
- Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, pp. 408-409.
- Atkinson, B. (1994): Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (Truro).





 UK OS Grid Reference: SW735421
Map Reference: 50°14'5"N , 5°10'35"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Azurite
    Cu
     
    3
    		[OH|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [Tom Hardman]
  		•  Cassiterite
    SnO
     
    2
    Reference: [Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, pp. 408-409.]
  		•  Chalcocite
    Cu
     
    2
    		S
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    CuFeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Chalcopyrite
    var: Blister Copper
    Reference: [www.thamesvalleyminerals.com]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Jewel (incl. Wheal Quick), St Day, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © 2002 Thames Valley Minerals
  		•  Copper
    Cu
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cornwallite
    Cu
     
    5
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|AsO
     
    4
    		]
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Cuprite
    Cu
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Tom Hardman]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Jewel (incl. Wheal Quick), St Day, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Tom Hardman
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Dines, H.G. (1956): The metalliferous mining region of south-west England. HMSO Publications (London), Vol. 1, pp. 408-409.]
  		•  Malachite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Tom Hardman]
  		•  Olivenite
    Cu
     
    2
    		[OH|AsO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 116-117 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
  		•  'Petroleum' ?
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Tom Hardman]
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Tennantite
    (Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)
     
    12
    		As
     
    4
    		S
     
    13
    Reference: [Dana 7:I:381; Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Jewel (incl. Wheal Quick), St Day, Gwennap area, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Tenorite
    CuO
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]


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