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Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Scattered dumps just east of Porthleven.





 UK OS Grid Reference: SW634252
Map Reference: 50°4'44"N , 5°18'26"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Anatase
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Collected by G. Curtis 29 june 2006]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © G.Curtis
  		•  Anglesite
    PbSO
     
    4
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Arsenopyrite
    FeAsS - (Fe
     
    0.90
    		Co
     
    0.10
    		)AsS
    Reference: [Embrey & Symes, 1987, 83 - "Minerals of Cornwall and Devon"]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Steve Rust
  		•  Boleite
    KPb
     
    26
    		Ag
     
    9
    		Cu
     
    24
    		(OH)
     
    48
    		Cl
     
    62
    Reference: [George Eric Stanley Curtis discovery]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © G.Curtis
  		•  Brookite
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [g.curtis collection]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © G. Curtis
  		•  Calcite
    CaCO
     
    3
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Cerussite
    PbCO
     
    3
    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.]
  		•  Dundasite
    PbAl
     
    2
    		[(OH)
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
     
    2
    		 · H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [P Haas collection (no. 31-013)]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © Peter Haas
  		•  Galena
    PbS
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Galenobismutite
    PbBi
     
    2
    		S
     
    4
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Limonite
    FeO(OH)·nH
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Linarite
    PbCu[(OH)
     
    2
    		|SO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [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 Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © hmessing
  		•  Mimetite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(AsO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [Collins, J.H. (1892): "A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon", 2nd ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd. (Truro, UK), pp. 108.]
  		•  Phosgenite
    Pb
     
    2
    		[Cl
     
    2
    		|CO
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [No reference listed]
    Site Photo
    Wheal Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © J.Ralph
  		•  'Plumbic Ochre'
    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.]
  		•  Pyromorphite
    Pb
     
    5
    		[Cl|(PO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		]
    Reference: [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 Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © G.Curtis
  		•  Quartz
    SiO
     
    2
    Reference: [No reference listed]
  		•  Siderite
    FeCO
     
    3
    Reference: [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 Penrose, Porthleven, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
    © J.Ralph
  		•  Sphalerite
    (Zn,Fe
    2+
     
    		)S
    Reference: [No reference listed]


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