| Locality type: | Mine |
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| Species: | Molybdenite |
| Formula: | MoS2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Molybdenite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Wheal Clifford, United Mines (Gwennap United Mines), Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 785203 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:785203:9 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7555289b-f220-4f08-b2a1-e8cb9af2731d |
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| 0.3km (0.2 miles) | ⓘWheal Friendship, Wheal Andrew, Mount Wellington Mine (Wheal Magpie), Cusgarne, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.2km (0.8 miles) | ⓘGreat Consolidated Mines, Clifford Amalgamated Mines, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 1.7km (1.1 miles) | ⓘPoldice Mine, St Day United Mines (Poldice Mines), St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.3km (1.4 miles) | ⓘWheal Unity, St Day, Gwennap, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.8km (1.7 miles) | ⓘWheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 2.9km (1.8 miles) | ⓘWheal Unity Wood (Tolgullow United Mine; West Poldice Mine), Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 3.3km (2.0 miles) | ⓘKillifreth Mine, Chacewater, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 7.1km (4.4 miles) | ⓘChywoon Quarry, Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘWheal Crofty (Old Wheal Crofty; incl. Wheal Knight; Wheal Vernon), North Roskear, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK |
| 12.0km (7.5 miles) | ⓘCligga Head, Perranporth, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, England, UK |
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 | | Report (volume) | | : : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...is reason to believe that many of the famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have...tungsten ores. · Much has been written about these mines, though the infor1nation is often not of a very...important mines or groups of mines have received special attention, but as the number of mines which produced...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up |  | | Book | | Endsleigh House 50 Daniell Road Truro, Cornwall TR1 2DA England Printed in Great Britain by Short Run...that he knew of no place on earth that surpassed Cornwall in the number and variety of its minerals. Hogg's...is subtitled 'in wich [sic] is shown how much Cornwall contributes to the illustration of the science'...later by Collins' A Handbook to the Mineralogy of Cornwall and Devon' (1871; 1892 with addenda, the latter...mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work was never published, although |  | | Book | | There have been !)lines in Cornwall for some 3500 years where the intrusion of huge masses of granitic...significant minerals to come out of southwest England. The accompanying captions describe the crystallographic...t). ~ e • ~t~' l lr\ V: 1 'I Minerals of Cornwall and Devon Joseon1ne Community Llbral1es Grants...Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and n1ineral...n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 8 9- 3 |  | | Report (issue) | | Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey ...Unitcd Mines 26.-Consolid�tecl lVIi11es . . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne...i11e . . . :3 2.-\Vhenl Lt1sl1ington .. . . 3?. -Wheal \rincent (part ot· \Vl1eal ... :1 4.-Nangiles :-3...an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es ... ... ... :-3 8 <.� 39.-Wlieal Seto11... 43.-rl,r·esket·by l\Iine ... ... ... ... 4 4.-United Hills . . . .. ... ... 45.-l�illifi·eth. T_J 11ity |  | | Book | | 4. Cana,)' Islands Juan Carlos Carracedo & Simon Day 5. The north of Ireland Paul Lyle 6. Leinster Chris...PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Survey, Edinburgh and Keyworth; Cambome School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn; Department of Earth |  | | Book | | FUTURE PROSPECTS ' i OF METALLIFEROUS MINES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM By ROBERT HUNT, , F.R.S.* inr...kOV M. SCHOOL OF MINES f EUriOR OF URE'S DICTlONARv^ OF ARIS, MANUl' ACTURJ’S, AND MINES / MC. uplDnilJs...found existing to the present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of...to infer, not that Saracens ever wbrked the tin mines, valuable strangers did, in this country, establish...Rome flowed chiefly through that channel. The tin mines of Banca are probably the richest in the world. |  | | Book (volume) | | THE METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH -WEST ENGLAND Volume 1 LONDON HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 .,pvii Description .)SG(England urv eol em M est -WSouth of Region Mining MINING...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South - West England Volume I Ву...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during |  | | Book (volume) | | The Metalliferous MiningRegion of South-West England VOLUME I Assistant Director' s copy LIBRARY...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AN D WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume I By H...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers |  | | Journal (volume) | | LIBRARY OF IGAN CHTHE I RSITY OF M UNIVE TUEBOR ST-QUERISPENINS AMONAM ULAM CIRCUMSPICE TN 145 H53...TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL. PART THE FIRST. BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD, F...FRANCE ; PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL ; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL...MAJESTY'S ASSAY-MASTER OF TIN IN THE DUCHY OF CORNWALL. PENZANCE : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM...1-37 . PP A JS ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL. PATRON. Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA |
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