| Locality type: | Civil Parish |
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| Species: | Quartz |
| Formula: | SiO2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Cassiterite | â236 photos of Quartz associated with Cassiterite at this locality. |
| Tourmaline | â48 photos of Quartz associated with Tourmaline at this locality. |
| Chlorite Group | 47 photos of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality. |
| Chalcopyrite | â44 photos of Quartz associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality. |
| Fluorite | â30 photos of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality. |
| Pyrite | 30 photos of Quartz associated with Pyrite at this locality. |
| Wood Tin | 26 photos of Quartz associated with Wood Tin at this locality. |
| Sphalerite | â18 photos of Quartz associated with Sphalerite at this locality. |
| Topaz | â12 photos of Quartz associated with Topaz at this locality. |
| Wolframite Group | â10 photos of Quartz associated with Wolframite Group at this locality. |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Quartz data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1529977 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1529977:8 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | a97f1c30-fb76-4e96-99c7-cf8b77272bf7 |
| Localities for Quartz in this Region |
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| Beacon Quarry, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| East Wheal Charlotte, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Penwinnick Mine (Great West Wheal Kitty), Goonbell, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Burrow and Butson (incl. Wheal Burrow; Wheal Butson; Wheal Davey), United Mines North (North Consols), Mithian, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Fancy, East Tywarnhayle Mine, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Lushington Cove, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Porthtowan Beach, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| South Wheal Towan, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Tywarnhayle Mine (Wheal Rock), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Charles (South Wheal Grambler), Tywarnhayle Mine (Wheal Rock), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Charlotte (Great Wheal Charlotte), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| New Wheal Towan (Wheal Fox), Wheal Clarence (Nancekuke Mine; incl. New Dolcoath Mine), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Sparrow, Wheal Clarence (Nancekuke Mine; incl. New Dolcoath Mine), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Sally, Wheal Lushington (West Wheal Towan), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Tye, Wheal Lushington (West Wheal Towan), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Vincent, Wheal Lushington (West Wheal Towan), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Towan (Towan Consols), Porthtowan, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Concord, East Treskerby Mine, Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Scorrier (Scorrier Consols), Skinners Bottom, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| North Seal Hole Mine, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Pell Mine (Great Pell Mine), St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Polberro Mines, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Seal Hole Mine, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Trevaunance Mine (Wheal Trevaunance), St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Turnavore Mine, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Prosper, St Agnes Consols (Polberro Consols), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| New Wheal Kitty (Livingstone Consols), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| West Wheal Kitty (Wheal Rock), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Friendly (West Wheal Pink), West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Primrose, West Wheal Kitty group, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Bungay, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Coates, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Devonshire, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Penhalls Mine, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Pink, Penhalls Mine, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Vottle, Wheal Kitty (Kitty and Penhalls United Mine; incl. Goonlaze Mine; Wheal Osborne), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Ocean (North Blue Hills Mine), St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
| Wheal Prudence, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK |
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 | | Book | | GeologicalSurvey. 1:50 000 Sheet 346 Newquay (England and Wales). Š NERC 2014 All rights reserved Copyright...Generalised sequence of mineralisation in south-west England 14 5 Constituent mines of the Great Perran Iron...7 Stratigraphy of the Beacon Cottage Farm. and St Agnes Beacon outliers 20 8 Sequential development of...and Cenozoic deposits are present locally around St Agnes, in the west. The regional strike in the district... Watergate Bay Drt -1, Towan Head 90 1 St Agnes Formation (Cenozoic) :J 380 MawganPorth N |  | | Report (chapter) | | of E a s t London, Romford Road, London E l 5 4LZ, UK Abstract: The best preserved denudation surfaces...terrestrial origin. Evidence from Wales and southwest England suggests that these little-modified planation elements...Jenkins et al. 1995); the Reskajeage Surface of west Cornwall (Everard 1977; Walsh et al. 1987; CoqueDelhuille...surfaces bordering the southwest Peninsula of England, of which, perhaps, the Berry H e a d - D a d d...of the 50-120 m surface (or surfaces) of west Cornwall can hardly have From: SMWH,B. J., WHALLEY,W. |  | | 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 |  | | Report (chapter) | | from http://sp.lyellcollection.org/ at University of St Andrews on April 10, 2015 Role of geographical information...islands: a case study from St Martin's and St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, UK DAVID C. W A T K I N S Camborne...of Mines, University of Exeter, Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3SE, UK (e-mail: D. C. Watkins@csrn.ex.ac.uk ) Abstract:...Scilly, UK. This study examined the current practice of water management on the islands of St Martin's...Martin's and St Agnes in the Isles of Scilly so that a local water management plan could be formulated. The |  | | Report (edition) | | meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales. It conducts field meetings and publishes...Europe and has led many field trips to the coast of Cornwall. Front Cover: Old engine house, Botallack Mine...Alderton). Geologists Association Guide No. 31 WEST CORNWALL by A . Hall Third Edition Guide Series Editor;...Land's End Peninsula II Mount's Bay 1 4 III St. Agnes District IV Falmouth Bay V The Lizard Peninsula...t l i n e map of West Cornwall 2. Map of Land's End peninsula 5 3. Map of St. Just area 7 4. Distribution |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations Jens... Shail, Robin K., Indium mineralisation in SW England: Host parageneses and mineralogical relations,...Ore Geology Reviews Indium mineralisation in SW England: host parageneses AC CE P TE D and mineralogical...Cornubian batholith, SW England 1 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ABSTRACT The SW England ore region contains significant...portions of greisen-bordered sheeted vein systems and quartz-tourmaline lodes, MA veins and breccias across |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of the PLIOCEI~'E DEPOSITS of the COU]~TY o f CORNWALL, and their BEA]IlI~G on the PLIOCENE GEOOI~APHY...366 u Plioeene Geography of the South-West of England. 367 IX. Summary and Conclusions ................petrography of the younger Tertiary deposits of Western Cornwall which, by reason of their mode of occurrence and...similarity to the well-known fossiliferous beds of St. Erth, have been generally assigned to the Pliocene...county, and are located at St. Agnes, 4 miles due south-west of Pen~nporth; at St. E r t h and Canons Town |  | | Report (edition) | | | Geologistsâ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON...meetings in London and, via Local Groups, throughout England and Wales, conducts field meetings and publishes... Geologistsâ Association Guide No. 19 West Cornwall by A. Hall Second Edition Edited by J. T. Greensmith...Landâs End Peninsula II Mountâs Bay 15 III St. Agnes District 24 IV Falmouth Bay 29 V_ The Lizard...REFERENCES ISBN 0-900717-57-2 West Cornwall INTRODUCTION Cornwall has long been one of the classic areas |  | Dobrovolâskaya, M. G., Genkin, A. D., Bortnikov, N. S., Golovanova, T. I. (2008) Unusual sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and stannite intergrowths at tin deposits. Geology of Ore Deposits, 50 (1) 75-85 doi:10.1134/s1075701508010042 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | have been described in two samples from the St. Agnes (Cornwall) and Sinancha (southern Primorye) tin deposits...of ore microscopy and analytical data. At the St. Agnes deposit, the intergrowths appeared due to the...Betekhtinâs collection. Samples from the Sinancha and St. Agnes deposits are now kept in the reference collection...Sinancha (southern Primorye, Russia) and St. Agnes (Cornwall ore field, Great Britain) tinâsulfide deposits...of Bolivia (Ahlfeld, 1934) and some deposits of Cornwall (Reimheimer, 1922). Ramdohr (1950) interpreted |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 106. September, 1924. Vol. XX. Topaz from Cornwall, with an account of its localities. By Arthur...hitherto been looked upon as comparatively rare in Cornwall. When massive, or even in the form of small, well-developed...overlooked, or apt cursorily to be mistaken for quartz. The presence of topaz as a microscopic accessory...mass, thus affording evidence that topaz is in Cornwall, as in the case of other countries, a comparatively...been formed along with muscovite and secondary quartz by the alteration of felspar: biotite likewise |  | | Journal (issue) | | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...entries. It includes valid mineral species (eg. quartz), series names (eg stilbite) and group names (eg...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue |  | | Report (edition) | | GEOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION GUIDES Noo 19 West Cornwall by A. HALL ITINERARY Introduction I. Land's End...End Peninsula II. Mount's Bay II I. St. Agnes District IV. Falmouth District V. The Lizard Peninsula ...incorporation in any furtl,er edition. West Cornwall by A. HALL INTRODUCTION has long been one of...distribution of the major rock units is shown in Fig. 1. CORNWALL Iâ˘â˘+¡j Granite 3 D Devonian sediments filffm...10 20 kilometres Fig. I. Outline map of West Cornwall, showing the areas covered by the five itineraries |  | | 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...Embrey. P. G. Minerals of Cornwall and Devon. 1. Mines and mineral resources;--England --Devon 2. Mines and...and n1ineral resources --England--1Cornwall J. Title IL Symes. R. F. 549.9423'5 QE262.D45 ISBN 0-56 5-009 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Summer Field Meeting in west Cornwall 15- 20 September 1974 Report by the Directors: A. HALL and N ....JA CKSON . 1975. Summer Field Meeting in west Cornwall, 15-20 September 1974. Proc. Geol. Ass .. 86 (I)...petrological and mineralogical interest in west Cornwall. In addition to visits to the granites and their...collection of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Department of Geol ogy , King's College, Strand...INTRODUCTION The Summer Field Meeting was held in west Cornwall to see the igneous and metamorphic rock s of the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Underwater Geological Exploration in the St. Agnes Area, Cornwall by R. H. T. GARNETT Received 6 January...the sea-bed between St. Agnes Head and Cligga Head on the north coast of Cornwall was geologically explored...mineralisation which is associated with the Cligga and St. Agnes Granites and has been extensively worked for these...interesting results: between St. Agnes Head and Perranporth on the north coast of Cornwall. The amount of planning...chart grid, as described later. 2. DIVING AREA St. Agnes is situated on the north coast and provided the |  | | Report (volume) | | : : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring the information up...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources.... ... II.- - DETA.ILS OF THE l\iINES 12 I. The St. Just District, pp. 12-17. II. '!'he Camborne, Redruth...The St. Austell District, pp. 42-45. IV. The Ca.radon District, pp. 46-54. V. The East Cornwall a.nd |  | | Book | | by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...botallackite, Levant The image of the opal from St Austell is credited to Greenside Minerals (www.greensideminerals...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org...to See Cornish Minerals 112 West Penwith: St Just to St Ives Mount's Bay: Penzance to Porthleven Rivers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineralised granite aureoles Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 042-049 The REE distribution patterns in...type granites (Castle an Dinas, Cligga Head and St Agnes) are more evolved, have characteristically higher...samples from the Castle-an-Dinas, Cligga Head and St Agnes aureoles indicate rocks in which pervasive alteration...were B-enriched, and in addition samples from St Agnes show evidence for fluorine metasomatism (fluorite...are sandstones and chert rich pelites, and at St Agnes, where sandstones occur at the contact and also |  | | Catalog/List | | Woodcockshayes, Halberton road, Willand, Devon, ENGLAND EX15 2QF Tel/Fax (01884) 821563 Catalogue 2/1997...1.5cm across, prettily perched on white needle quartz crystals ÂŁ1450 2 1 2 LAZULITE (7cm x 6cm x 4cm)...diverging group, very pretty ÂŁ48 10 AQUAMARINE ON QUARTZ A FELDSPAR (6cm x 4cm X 2.5cm) Shigar, Skardu,...crystal 2cm in length prettily sitting on a matrix of quartz crystals, albite & muscovite crystals. An impressive...group oflustrous silvery enrrolite 1 cm aaoss on quartz crystals A good example of this rarely crystallised |  | | Report (issue) | | but deals mainly wit.h the mining area aro11nd St. Agnes, ,vhich has been carefully studied by Henwood...-East Wheal Rose. Cross sections Figs. 7 and 8.-Great St. George. Cross sections .. ¡¡¡ 98 ., â˘Âˇ 99 ďż˝ igs...Cross section .. ... ⢠102 .. ⢠- 102 Fig. 13.-St. Agnes Consols. Cross section.. Figs. 14 and 15.-Wheal...-Sand-dune overwhelming meadows near Ellengl_aze, St. Cubert ... . ⢠.. ... 1 ⢠t⢠.⢠⢠TIIE GEOLOGY...Sheet 346 of the Geological Survey Map. It lies in Cornwall, and takes in an area of about 105 square miles |  | | Book | | Twelveheads Press PO Box 59, Chacewater Truro, Cornwall TR4 8Z}. especially true of its minerals, some...clay workings have created a unique landscape around St Austell. Tin, copper, lead, zinc and other metals...rocks lie at the bottom of a sequence, but in Cornwall this becomes far from simple where rocks have...(metamorphism) of existing rocks. The land wl âch is now Cornwall has seen periods of uplift and sinking beneath...conditions changed too, for the land that is now Cornwall was once close to the Equator before the action |  | | Book | | GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of¡ Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel- |  | | Report (issue) | | Mineral profile Mi neralsUK C en t re f o r su st ain ab le m in eral d evelo p m en t January 2011...Devon, UK. The tungsten is present in wolframite, the dark mineral along the edge of the quartz vein in...the Czech Republic through France and south-west England and into Spain and Portugal also has some important...coarse-grained intrusive rocks with variable amounts of quartz, feldspars and dark minerals rich in iron, magnesium...simple to complex fissure fillings or replacement quartz veins up to several metres in width, that occur |  | | Book | | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...XI. Silex and Silicates. Genus 1. SILICA, 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. 77. Mesolite, &c. 78. FarĂśelite...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. â Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...ORDER XI. Silex and Silicates. Genus 1, SILICA. 43. Quartz, &c. 44. Opal, &c. Genus 2. ANHYDROUSSILICATES...protect iron from oxidation. LOCALITIES. â England. Cornwall; near Tuckingmill, Cam borne, and in a granite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geoscience in south-west England INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY PLUTON S. J....Isles of Scilly pluton. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 000-000. The Isles of Scilly granite is one...small number of separate granite bodies (e.g. England, 1992; Castro and Fernandez, 1998; Cruden, 1998)...[later] intrusion of fine-grained graniteâ occurring on St. Maryâs between Porthloo and Carn Morval (Figure...varies in abundance from one granite to another. Quartz is rarely present as phenocrysts, more often as |
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Trevaunance Mine, St Agnes Consols, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, UK