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Galena from
Binner Downs Mine, Leedstown, Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Binner Downs Mine, Leedstown, Crowan, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:174353
Long-form Identifier:1:3:174353:1
GUID (UUID V4):7d062ef0-6c1a-44f2-9e21-c61ea792e259
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.4km (1.5 miles) Wheal Providence, Wheal Tremayne, Fraddam, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
3.1km (2.0 miles) Wheal Kayle, Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.2 miles) Wheal Herland (Old Herland Mine; Manor Mine; North Wheal Herland), Rosewarne and Herland United Mines (Rosewarne and Herland Mine; incl. Wheal Fancy; Wheal Pleasure), Gwinear, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
3.8km (2.4 miles) Trevascus Mine (Trevaskus Mine; Trevaskis Mine), Carnhell Green, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) Trungle Mine, Copperhouse, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
3.9km (2.4 miles) West Godolphin Mine (Wheal Junket), Breage, Cornwall, England, UK
4.0km (2.5 miles) Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine), Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
4.5km (2.8 miles) Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
4.9km (3.0 miles) North Dolcoath Mine, Barripper, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
5.1km (3.2 miles) West Alfred Consols (Wheal Ann), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...or Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103...Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF GRAPHS AND MAPS Fig.l. Diagram...Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore 35 Fig...Situations of the Principal Mining Districts in Cornwall and South Devon 50 Fig.3. Sketch Map Showing
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth
Journal (volume)
TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society CORNWALL ; INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814. VOLUME THE...PRINTER, PENZANCE ROYAL Geological Society OF CORNWALL . PATRON . Her Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA... CONTENTS. I. On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood , F .R .S...p. 445 V . Statisticalnotices of the Mines in Cornwall and Devon . By William Jory Henwood, F .R .S...J. H . 1. - On the Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon . BY WILLIAM JORY HENWOOD , F .G .S
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copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...Memoir for 1: 50 000 geological sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales) LONDON: HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE...British Geological Survey, Sheets 351 and 358 (England and Wales). Authors A J J Goode, BSc and R T Taylor...VJ 9 Cornish Land Ventures Borehole 28, near Leedstown. Part of an intrusive breccia vein with a prominent
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A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...dbba GALENA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT 12 0@T45 6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON...ee Ja Teal Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD sBAR...Page BULLEN GARDEN MINE: FOWEY CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST ... DOLCOATH MINEIN DOWNS, THE1830S . . d . : : MINING DISTRICT OFCORNWALL F : : : . SOUTH
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE
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A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON D. B. BARTON -'= -- ---- -=------- - ----·-----·~...perm0000dbba GALENA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON GALEfJA...GALEfJA PUBLIC LIBft~RY GALENA, ILL. 61036 fLLC: 313~~Ql\~ t~~f\ ~ vJQ,ed_ WI-~: I A HISTORY OF COPPER...COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON D. B. BARTON D. BRADFORD BARTON LTD TRURO First published 1961...1839 59 BULLEN GARDEN MINE: SECTION, I FOWEY CONSOLS: SURFACE PLAN, CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DEVON, MAP
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals in some of the _Metalliferous Deposits of Cornwall and Devon. By WILLIAM JORY HE~WOOD, F.R.8., JF...Phil. Mag. voL xxviii, p. 5. ~ Ibid. p. 49. *+ Cornwall Geological Transactions, vol. v. p. 214, completed... . IFluor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ...... Galena . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue lead ore . . . . ... . . . . . Fluor ........ Virtuous Lady. Binner Downs, Wheal Fenrose. pyrites ........ ...... ]W e...|Copperpyrltes . . . . . . ] Chlorite ...... ' Galena . . . . . . . ' ~a~'tz . . . . . . . . . . . Quart
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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
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FOREI'GN ORES. . • I •• COPPER -" -... - - Galena Anglesite,- &c. Cerussite Pyromorphite, &c. !RON...cl1lorite ; more ra1·ely with tin 01·e, zinc-blende, galena, and calc-spar. Tl1e ore is seldom obtained in...Perran Porth, Cornwall. Presented by H. Humphries. 2. NATIVE COPPER. From Penibrol,e Mine, St. A.1.istell...istell, Cornwall. Presented by R. Taylor, F.G.S. 3. NATIVE COPPER, intc1"mingled , \vith qt1artz. .Devon...COPPER a,nd RED-OXIDE of COPPER. St. Austell, Cornwall. 8 & 9. driform . NATIVE COPPER, den- From
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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...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
Book
A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL, INCLUDING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE MINING DISTRICTS AND THE...“Campiglia Mines,” &c. With Geological Map of Cornwall, AND NUMEROUS STEEL PLATEs, ILLUSTRATIVE of INFLUENCE...ON SCENERY. REPRINTED FROM THE “GAZETTEER OF CORNWALL.” LONDON : OFFICE of “THE MINING Journal,” 26...ºx Foº: PREFACE. During my present visit to England, my father, Mr. Robert Symons of Truro, pressed...account of the Geology of Cornwall, to accompany his forthcoming Gazetteer of Cornwall. This, owing to the
Journal (issue)
(Germany) Hemerdon Mine update 2 3 6 12 12 13 16 19 19 19 22 23 South Crofty Mine update Scotgold Cononish...Editor-in-Waiting Thoughts from Inside a Black Box Cornwall Round-up (Part 1) Branch News George William Hall... Flat 3, Over Garage, Paynters Lane, Illogan, Cornwall. TR16 4DJ MEMBERSHIP CHANGE OF DETAILS and WELCOME...wanting to know what references were made to any given Mine, something which I was able to make use of in my...document the history of the famous Herodsfoot Mine in Cornwall, and saving hundreds of hours of search time
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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...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
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Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...BISMUTH . 205. Bismuth . Genus 4. SULPHIDE. 228. Galena. Genus 5. SULPHIDE IN COMBINA TION. 229. Jamesonite...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...on Kergiliack estate near Pen a. Coberard ; at a mine near the head of Borrowdale, near Lometer, rearis...in the Isle of Man. Scotland . At Craigman coal -mine, near New Cumnock in Ayrshire, massive and columnar
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
p~ites . . . ' Galena . . . . . . . ' ~a~'tz . . . . . . . . . . . U Binner Downs, Wheal Fenrose.... . IFluor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ ...... Galena . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue lead ore . . . . ...o p e . Union Mines. [South T o w a n . [Biuner Downs. ~Numerotm. [Cann Quarry. [Wheal Unity Wood As
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MINES AND MIN OF CORNWALL 5. HA YLE, GWlNEAR & GWITHIAN ( ~ .• -- -- ~ 0 '& l,',1 ' . ' , · ...AND MINERS OF CORNWALL V. BAYLE, GWINEAH AND t;WJTIIIAN MINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL V. HAYLE, GWlNEAR...Halankene, lay WHEAL ANN. Described in 1805 as a "new mine" it was called after a sister of Alfred Jenkin,...being worked for that ore. On 14th March 1809 the mine was not looking so well as it had been a month previously...poor in that place. 7 I\IINES AND MINERS OF CORNWALL The captains predicted a favourable change in
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey .... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... 36.-Pedn an J)rea Mine . . . ... ... ... :1 7. -Porkellis United 1\ii i11es...about 6 m iles from Porth To,van to Iieskajeage Downs, a11d broken only by mir1or indent�1. tions, the...larger of these are the Red River, so called from the mine ,vasbi11gs which discolour it, and the stream th...height of 375 feet. The gravel deposit of Crousa Downs, in the map to the south, occurs at 360 feet- above
Journal (issue)
as a first occurrence at that site. Drakewalls Mine - Saturday 17th April The party which assembled...Drakewalls was primarily a tin mine, in very sandy ground. The main mine site was landscaped several years...allowed access, on a fine, sunny afternoon. On to Binner Downs where the digging got harder, but it paid off...over the Tamar in Devon at the George and Charlotte mine, not far distant. Sunshine is essential to find...group to continue collecting. Before arriving in Cornwall at Drakewalls at the top of Gunnislake hill, some
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The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~ w ...The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical...This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained druing...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is...of westen1 Con1wall 25-inch scale maps were used; mine sections have been reduced consistently to a scale
Report (volume)
MAN, BRISTOL DIS'fRICl' AND S0MERSET, DEVON AND CORNWALL. J3y 'l', C. CANTRILL, B.Sc., R. L. SHERLOCK,...that in which the hrematites of the North-West of England are dealt with (Special Reports on the Mineral...antrill and Dr. Sherlock, those of South Devon and Cornwall by Mr. H. Dewey. Eaoh officer supplies an account...ails of the Mines. WEST so~tERSET AND NORTH DEVON: Mine- head Di.strict, Brendon Hill,...· Account. ,, . ... 28 V.-SoUTll DEVON AND CORNWALL.-SOUTH DEVON: General Acoo.u nt. Details of the
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STATISTICAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN CORNWALL ; TO WHICH IS ADDED , THE HISTORY AND USES OF...STATISTIGAL NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL MINES IN CORNWALL ; TO WHICH IS ADDED , THE HISTORY AND USES OF...CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION , PAGE 1. GENERAL FEATURES OF A MINE. Definition of a Mine_Mode of commencingfrom the...Underlay - Fairest Method of Working a Mine - The legitimate Value of a Mine- Bad Management in Working often...Britain for Mining Purposes - First Steam Engines in Cornwall - Manner of Calculatingtheir Quantity of Work
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A HANDBOOK TO THE MINERALOGY CORNWALL AND DEVON TRUR : PRINTED BY HEARD AND SONS, BOSCAWEN...BOSCAWEN STREET. HANDBOOK MINERALOGY OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOE THEIR DISCRIMINATION...THE MINERS' ASSOCIATION OF CORNWALL AND DEVON; SECRETARY TO THE KOYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; OF THE...KOYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CORNWALL, AND OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CORNWALL, &C., &C. ASSOCIATE TRURO:...F.R.S., THB ELECTRICITY OF MINERAL LODES IN CORNWALL, AND OF MANY CORNISH MINERALS, (WHOSE OBSERVATIONS
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BRITISH ORES, EASTERN SIDE. Wall-cases 43 to 56. LEAD Galena - - - - - - - -. - --> ** - Anglesite...the floor of the principal room is devoted to the mine rals, and to their application in the arts. In... The principal copper-producing districts are Cornwall, Devonshire (West of Dartmoor), Cumberland, Anglesey... of - District. Mines. Copper Ore. Tons. Cornwall and Devon Northern Counties Wales - Ireland ...chlorite ; more rarely with tin ore, zinc-blende, galena, and calc-spar. The ore is seldom obtained in remunerative
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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...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned...theLakeDistrictandCornwall (izoklakeite}" WhealCock,StJust,Cornwall SouthTerrasmine,StStephen•in-Brannel. Comwa!I
 
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