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Quartz from
West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Copper2 photos of Quartz associated with Copper at this locality.
Fluorite1 photo of Quartz associated with Fluorite at this locality.
Chlorite Group1 photo of Quartz associated with Chlorite Group at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:395984
Long-form Identifier:1:3:395984:8
GUID (UUID V4):437725e4-ea32-4a57-8496-7ea490718908
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.3km (0.2 miles) Craddock Moor Mine, Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) Gonamena Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) Caradon Consols, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) South Phoenix Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Silver Valley Mine (New Phoenix Mine; Wheal Cheesewring), Craddock Moor, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) West Rosedown Mine (The Caradon), Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Phoenix, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Withybrook Mine (Witheybrook Mine), West Phoenix Mine, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
91 Phoenix Mines . . .. .. . . 28 South Caradon .. .. .. .. 32 ,, 89 Trelawney .. .. ..... 36 ,, 90 .. .. . . 34 ,, 92 95 .. West Camden . . ‘ Pnoonnssrva Mums : Cmdon Consols ....... Great Caradon . . .. .. .. .. . . 63 ,, 99 . . 54 ,, 100 ,, 98 ’ New South Caradon .. .. ...Ludcott (St. Clccr) . . .. . . 56 iv mmnx. PAGE! Paoomassrvn Mums (continued) : North Ludcott (St. Ive)...North Trelawney .. North W'rey (Limited) South Caradon Wheal Hooper .. .. .. .. . 57 67 68 69 60 .
Report (issue)
LONG ACRE, LONDON; w. & A. K. JOHNSTON, LTD., 2, ST• .ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBUR...Climslancl ; and Mr. Dewev .,. for the area betw··een St. C1ether and ·Lewannick. Mr. Bromel1ead joi11ell...responsible for tl1e mineral lodes taken £1..om olcl mine-planR, l)11t where p<}ssible tl1e Olttcrops were...of the main boundary.. Tl1e largest of tl1ese at St. Don1inick has alrea.dy been reco1·ded by }fr. Ussher...supplied at the cost of drawing and colouring. CORNWALL. 15. NE., by H. Dewey; SE., by G. Barrow and H
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of...historic importance. Our thanks are due to t,he present mine managers for their courtesy and assistance. :Full...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources
Journal (issue)
UK TS C 2 COVER. Emerald-green torbemite crystals to 9 mm across, from South Wheal Basset, lllogan...lllogan, Cornwall. Caerhays Miniature Collection No. 945. EDITORIAL The UK Journal of Mines a11d Minerals...advertising. FRONTISPIECE 3 Fluorite from Frazer's Hush Mine 4 THE SUSSEX MINERAL AND LAPIDARY SOCIE1Y EDITOR...RASPITE, STOLZITE AND PHILIPSBORNITE FROM CLIGGA MINE, CORNWALL David Green • Andrew Tindle 33 THE LEVERS...Press, Dorchester, Dorset, DT11HD ADVERTISEMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Mincr.ils No. 34 -1- EDITORIAL
Catalog/List
W. BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFORMnTION Mail orders...Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Large cloudy sea-green crystals to 1" in size embedded in Quartz with...light. 3x2t". £2. 3. "POPHYLLITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. t" modifie; creamy grey crystals intergrown...crystaline mass. 3x2~". £4. 6. AZURITE. Titlg-Tang Mine, Glvennap, Cormmll. Specimen rlSmall sharp bright...2~xli". £3.50. 7. hZURITE. Carharrack Mine, Gwennap, Cornwall. Specimen h Bright blue platy crystal mass
Catalog/List
RICHARD W. BARSTCM 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ...2xltxl". £6. 5. M\SENOPYRITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Sharp, silvery grey, complex twinned crystals...crystals scattered on botryoidal Chlorite with minor Quartz and pink Feldspar in association. Specimen n. -...crystals sea ttered on and in a reddish Hematite/Quartz matrix. 3~-x2xlt". £3. 7. aUTUNITE. Joachimsthal...matrix in association. Itxlt". £4. 8. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-et-Loire, France. Yellowish
Catalog/List
Gems Endsleigh, SO Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRl 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Collection of...with pyrite. RF.Ml. 2 TETRAHEDRITE with SIDERITE & QUARTZ, Vranclce, Czech Republic. Bright sliver vein in...in banding. GRF. LMI. £6.00 3 APATITE, Etiro Mine, Karibab Disbict, South Africa. Sea blue soild XN...00 5 CASSITERITE, Wheel Vinoent nr Liskeard, Cornwall. Very heavy black m8S$ with extensive mica. RF...£8.00 6 WOLFRAMITE on DOLOMITE & CHALCOPYRITE & QUARTZ, Kapnik, Rumanla. 9mm blade on translucent creamy
Catalog/List
W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...metallic tarnished blades richly scattered through Quartz matrix with odd specks of Native Gold. 2txli"....Germany. Rich, grey mass intergrown with minor Quartz, and exhibiting a slight shelly structure in places...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal...hexagonal crystals scattered on drusy Quartz. Itxl". £1.25. 8. AUGITE. Jacobsberg, Vermland, Sweden. Dark greenish
Unpublished Work
exploratory drives. Althou,-5h no tin was mined in the Caradon .�roup , alluvial deponi ts are known to have occurred... copper-producing areas of Cornwall, the largest being South Caradon Mine. V[es t Ca radon. This property...property 1 ies � mile south-west of Ca radon Hill and includes !lev1 West Caradon Mine. It is imm8diately south...dark \ :hich green chlorit.e , banded ,•r::.t.h quartz and carryinP," chalcopyrite , pJrite and mispickel...9:} S ore oefoeen 18l13 arid 1886. New \'lest Caradon Mine produced 295 tons of 6j 1 copper ore from 1881
Catalog/List
NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...overall. £45. 3. BARITE and MALACHITE. Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba, Congo. A matrix partly covered in green...60x40x30mm. £20. (b) 4. CALCITE. WhealWrey, St Ive, Cornwall. An intergrown group of colourless transparent...Liskeard Cornwall). 70x50x40mm. £155. 5. CALCITE and DOLOMITE. 12 Level Simms Lode, Geevor Mine, St Just...Just, Cornwall. A small intergrown group of pale yellowish nail head calcite xls to 5mm on a matrix of rhombic
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...3) ARSENOPYRITE. Hingston Quarry, Callington, Cornwall. A group of intergrown silvery grey bladed xis...60x30x30mm approx. £48. 4) ARSENOPYRITE. Old Anderton Mine, Tavistock, Devon. A solid mass of slightly iron...arsenopyrite. 80x50x40mm. £15. 5) ARSENOPYRITE. South Mine, Devon United Mines, Mary Tavy, Devon. Good very...2 0 m m . £8. 6) BARYTOCALCITE. Nentsbury Haggs Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria. A nice small radiating mass
Journal (issue)
on Calcite . Hope's Nose, near Torquay, Devon, England. The dendritic composite is approximately I cm...Braithwaite 71 An Occurrence of Djurleite at West Caradon Mine, Cornwall I.A. Lawrence 81 NOTE Cinnabar from...natrolite and mesolite, Greg and Lettsom (1858); and quartz and stilbite, Heddle (1901). Presently there is...muscovite, hematite, calcite, barite, harmotome and quartz. Analcime, laumontite, heulandite, stilbite and...covellite, diaspore, muscovite and hematite. QUARTZ Quartz occurs only rarely, being found associated with
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...Lode, Gecvor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An approx 60x60mm area on bro\\11 cellular quartz hematite matrix...showing many intergro"�l light yellowish green cn,st or individual xls to 4mm. Flat sheet with 70x40mm...£20. (b) 40xl5mm coverage. Smaller xls with white quartz. 45x20x30mm. £9. (c) 3) A PATITE. Cerro de Mercado...imbedded in a quartz apatite matrix. 30x35x30mm. £20. 4) ARSENOPYRITE and FERBERITE. Yaobangxian Mine, Chenzhou
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No. Gunnislake 832381 (STD 0822) V.A...green crystals. 2ix2t". 3 ".s. ANTHOINITE. Bjordal Mine, Uganda. Specimen A - Rich whitish earthy masses...with a little yellowish FERRITU~~STITE and milky quartz. 2tlixl~. £5.50; Specimen B - Rich whitish masses...Pf ~~scovite Mica and a little clear crystalised quartz in association. Choice specimen for display. 4x3t"...Orthoclase Feldspar and quartz. 2tx2xl". £3.25. 5. AZURITE; Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. Arizona
Book (edition)
THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON. STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON, ILLUSTRATED... LONDON : PRINTED BY VINCENT & SKEEN, 19, GREAT ST. HELENS. 1864 . Price Five Shillings , S TN ...my Statistics and Observations on the Mines of Cornwall and Devon have been received, I am induced to...an account of the condition, and prospects of the mine to which the reader's attention is at the time directed...founded upon accurate data, furnished from each mine, and shew the quantity of black tin, copper, and
Catalog/List
e Co b h a m COBHAM SURREY 0 9 3 2 8 S2 3 4 0 ENGLAND KT 1 1 2 NL Catalogue 1'392 No 55 - This is..."'· f·,,or.-i ti.s cd: send a 1 ist of th,;'! mine"i",;• L, that price for ~ach piece There is no... C191 AJOITE fairly (New Cornelia well covered~ Mine,Ajo,Pima greenish (Belstone light County blue...A) Cl92 ANDRADITE location. brown crystals on Mine near Okehampton Cl93 ARSENOPYRITE Arsenopyrite...location pieces, about a third covered (Bedford Consols Mine near Tavistock, Devon) B) for micros lx 1/2 ins
Journal (issue)
copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy, The...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral
Catalog/List
BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near ~enzance, Cornwall, England. TEL. NO.: St. Just 880 (STD ffi3 677)...smaller Anglesite crystals. 2x2xl~". £17.00. APATITE. st. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland. Specimen A - Select...on and stacked up on matrix with odd small milky Quartz crystals and a little greyish needly crystalised...dome shaped matrix with well crystalised milky quartz, a little Iron Pyrites and Sphalerite. 2tx2~xli"...2tx2~xli". £9.00. ARSENOPYRITE. Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon. Choice, silvery grey sharp twinned
Book (volume)
BRITAIN The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England 0 iz 0 1-rj VOLUME II Assistant Director's...GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES The Metalliferous Mining Region of South-West England Volume II By ...London WCI 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 JAR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFl IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...published 1956 Second impression 1969 Printed in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...-DETAILS OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET 509 8. St. Austell district 510 Lanivet
Book (edition)
THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS AND OBSERVATIONS. THE MINES OF CORNWALL AND DEVON : STATISTICS...counties in England with which are associated more varied objects of interest than Cornwall and Devon...pecu liar. Cornwall stands at the head in the moral statistics of the counties of England. There is much...admire in the life and habits of the humble poor of Cornwall. The hardy pilchard fist ermen , with their clean...and enterprising persistence. The pursuits of Cornwall have enriched so many, that in few counties is
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1- turquoise-b1ue Of On quartz. West Caradon Mine, St Cleer, Cornwall. Collected c1890. National Museum...golden outer band. These were found in the Rotherhope mine near Alston in Cumbria. Equally striking is the...These may be related to granitic sources, as in Cornwall and parts of Devonshire. In such a situation fluorite...seen on St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall. Similar veins may be seen in the clay pits in the St Austell...processes, fluorite does not survive well on old mine dumps. In addition, many dumps have been reworked
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING GION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume II 1956 2017 reprint BRITISH GEOLOGICALSURVEY...BRITAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME II H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical...The metalliferous mining region of the south-west England. Economic Environmental Science Centre Keyworth...London SW7 5BD Tel: +44 (0)20 7589 4090 www.bgs.ac. uk www. geologyshop. corn ... 111 CONTENTS PAGE...V-DETAILS iv V OF THE MINES IN EAST CORNWALL, DEVON AND WEST SOMERSET ...........................
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite and leadhillite...tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of colors from...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...although minor SiO2 (which is probably included quartz) and phosphate, occurring as a minor replacement...have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement of the
 
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