Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK

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Detailed Mineral List:

Actinolite
Formula:	☐{Ca2}{(Mg,Fe2+)5}(Si8O22)(OH)2
Locality:	West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Albite
Formula:	NaAlSi3O8
Localities:	Trewavas Head, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Metal, Carnmeal Downs, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Alluaudite
Formula:	(Na,Ca)Mn2+(Fe3+,Mn2+,Fe2+,Mg)2(PO4)3
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Amblygonite
Formula:	LiAl(PO4)F
Localities:	Rinsey Head, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'Apatite'
Localities:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK ? (more information)
Photo: © Ian Jones. Apatite from Megiliggar Rocks, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Arsenopyrite
Formula:	FeAsS
Localities:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK St Aubyn and Grylls Mine, Kenneggy Downs, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Bertrandite
Formula:	Be4(Si2O7)(OH)2
Locality:	Wheal Metal, Carnmeal Downs, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Bornite
Formula:	Cu5FeS4
Locality:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cassiterite
Formula:	SnO2
Localities:	Reported from at least 10 localities in this region.
Photo: © Steve Rust. Cassiterite from Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cassiterite var: Wood Tin
Localities:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Metal, Carnmeal Downs, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Ian Jones. Wood Tin from Wheal Vor, Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Chalcocite
Formula:	Cu2S
Localities:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Trewavas (Trewavas Cliff Mine), Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Chalcopyrite
Formula:	CuFeS2
Localities:	Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
'Chlorite Group'
Localities:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Copper
Formula:	Cu
Localities:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cuprite
Formula:	Cu2O
Locality:	Wheal Prosper, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cuprite var: Chalcotrichite
Formula:	Cu2O
Locality:	Wheal Prosper, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Cuprite var: Tile ore
Formula:	Cu2O
Locality:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Dolomite
Formula:	CaMg(CO3)2
Locality:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Erythrite
Formula:	Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Locality:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Fluorapatite
Formula:	Ca5(PO4)3F
Localities:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Rinsey Cove, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Steve Rust. Fluorapatite from Megiliggar Rocks, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Fluorapatite var: Mn-bearing Fluorapatite
Formula:	(Ca,Mn2+)5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH) or Ca5([P,Mn3+]O4)3(F,Cl,OH)
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Fluorite
Formula:	CaF2
Localities:	Wheal Trewavas (Trewavas Cliff Mine), Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Galena
Formula:	PbS
Locality:	West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Goethite
Formula:	α-Fe3+O(OH)
Localities:	West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Gypsum
Formula:	CaSO4 · 2H2O
Locality:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Gypsum from Great Work Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Hematite
Formula:	Fe2O3
Locality:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'Hornblende'
Locality:	West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Ixiolite
Formula:	(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Kaolinite
Formula:	Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Localities:	Cookworthy Quarry, Tregonning Hill, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Trewavas (Trewavas Cliff Mine), Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'K Feldspar var: Adularia'
Formula:	KAlSi3O8
Locality:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Adularia from Great Work Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Lepidolite
Localities:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK County Quarry, Tregonning Hill, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'Limonite'
Formula:	FeO(OH) · nH2O
Localities:	Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Löllingite
Formula:	FeAs2
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Malachite
Formula:	Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Locality:	West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Mimetite
Formula:	Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Locality:	Wheal Prosper, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Muscovite var: Gilbertite
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'Natromontebrasite'
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Nontronite
Formula:	Na0.3Fe2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · nH2O
Localities:	Carn Grey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Opal var: Opal-Jasper
Reference:	[Specimen in the Natural History Museum, London]
Orthoclase
Formula:	KAlSi3O8
Localities:	Trewavas Head, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Pharmacosiderite
Formula:	KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4 · 6-7H2O
Locality:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Pyrite
Formula:	FeS2
Localities:	Reported from at least 7 localities in this region.
Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Pyrite from Great Work Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Quartz
Formula:	SiO2
Localities:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Quartz var: Agate
Formula:	SiO2
Locality:	Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Paul De Bondt 2013. Agate from Godolphin Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Quartz var: Milky Quartz
Locality:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Rutile var: Strüverite
Formula:	(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Schorl
Formula:	Na(Fe2+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)
Localities:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Trewavas Head, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Scorodite
Formula:	FeAsO4 · 2H2O
Locality:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Steve Rust. Scorodite from Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Siderite
Formula:	FeCO3
Localities:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Trewavas (Trewavas Cliff Mine), Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Siderite from Great Work Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Sphalerite
Formula:	ZnS
Localities:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Sulphur
Formula:	S8
Locality:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © De Nul, Richard. Sulphur from Great Work Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Talc var: Steatite
Formula:	Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Locality:	Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Tennantite
Formula:	Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13
Localities:	Wheal Prosper, Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Tenorite
Formula:	CuO
Localities:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Topaz
Formula:	Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Localities:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: Topaz from Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Torbernite
Formula:	Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O
Locality:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'Tourmaline'
Formula:	A(D3)G6(T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Locality:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Jorge M. Alves. Tourmaline from Megiliggar Rocks, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Triphylite
Formula:	LiFe2+PO4
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Triplite
Formula:	(Mn2+,Fe2+)2(PO4)(F,OH)
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Ian Jones. Triplite from Megiliggar Rocks, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Tristramite (TL)
Formula:	(Ca,U,Fe)(PO4,SO4) · 2H2O
Type Locality:	Wheal Trewavas (Trewavas Cliff Mine), Rinsey, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Reference:	Atkin, D., Basham, I.R., and Bowles, J.F.W. (1983): Mineralogical Magazine 47, 393-396
Localities:	Recorded from at least 1 other locality in this region.
Uraninite var: Pitchblende
Formula:	UO2
Locality:	Trequean (Trequeen), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Vivianite
Formula:	Fe2+3(PO4)2 · 8H2O
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
'Wolframite'
Formula:	(Fe2+)WO4 to (Mn2+)WO4
Localities:	Great Wheal Fortune, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Godolphin Mine (Godolphin Bal), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK Wheal Vor (Great Wheal Vor), Carleen, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK ? (more information)
'Zinnwaldite'
Formula:	KLiFe2+Al(AlSi3O10)(F,OH)2
Locality:	Great Work Mine (incl. Leeds Mine), Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo: © Richard De Nul. Zinnwaldite from Great Work Mine, Godolphin Cross, Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK
Zwieselite
Formula:	(Fe2+,Mn2+)2(PO4)F
Locality:	Megiliggar Rocks (Tremearne pegmatite), Breage, Mount's Bay District, Cornwall, England, UK

65 entries listed. 45 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).