Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK

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A copper mine, worked from 1832 to 1851, producing 12,150 tons of copper. The mine was originally worked by open trenches and excavations. Several dumps on both sides of the road north from Wall are from the later working period.

Refs.:
- Rocks & Min.: 18:73.
- B. Atkinson: Mining Sites in Cornwall, Vol. 2, Dyllansow Truran (1994)
- Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39

UK OS Grid Reference: SW604368
Map Reference: 50°10'55"N , 5°21'23"W

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Mineral List:

Anatase

TiO

Reference:

[collection Richard De Nul]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Richard De Nul

Anglesite

PbSO

Reference:

[University of Vienna, Dr. Uwe Kolitsch (single-crystal XRD)]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Curtis

Arsenogoyazite

SrAl

[(OH)

|(AsO

)

] · H

Reference:

[Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© 2006 Thames Valley Minerals

Arsenopyrite

FeAsS - (Fe

0.90

0.10

)AsS

Reference:

[Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Paul De Bondt

Brochantite

[(OH)

|SO

]

Reference:

[Specimen from Dragon Minerals]

Cassiterite

SnO

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Richard De Nul

Chalcocite

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Chalcopyrite

CuFeS

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]

'Chlorite Group'

Reference:

[Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Richard De Nul

Copper

Reference:

[M.G.H.Merry; Rocks & Min.: 18:73.; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK

Limonite

FeO(OH)·nH

Reference:

[Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Monazite-(Ce)

(Ce,La,Nd,Th)PO

Reference:

[collection Richard De Nul]

Relistian Mine (Relistien Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear, St Erth - Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, UK
© Richard De Nul

Pyrite

FeS

Reference:

[Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108; Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Quartz

SiO

Reference:

[Uwe Kolitsch (visual ID); Lapis 33 (2), 2008, p. 39]

Sphalerite

(Zn,Fe

Reference:

[Uwe Kolitsch (visual ID; associated with anglesite)]

Tennantite

(Cu,Ag,Fe,Zn)

Reference:

[No reference listed]

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.]

17 entries listed. 15 valid minerals.

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