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Copper from
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite1 photo of Copper associated with Calcite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Copper associated with Quartz at this locality.
Epidote1 photo of Copper associated with Epidote at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (4 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:4289
Long-form Identifier:1:3:4289:5
GUID (UUID V4):c9431d22-563c-477d-a6ed-62e6d09e367f
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.1km (0.1 miles) Wheal Tolvan (Wheal Tolvaen), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.1km (0.1 miles) Wheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Spearn Consols (Wheal Spearn), Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Loe Warren Zawn, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Wheal Drea, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Call (Wheal Cole; Wheal Coal), Boswedden Mine (incl. Wheal Praze; Wheal Williams; Yankee Boy Mine), Kenidjack Valley, St Just, 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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Book
VII-paid a memorable visit to Botallack Mine, set amid spectacular cliff scenery just a few miles north of Land's...where they were shown how the valuable tin and copper were won from the living rock, and broke off specimens...metalliferous mines not only in Cornwall but the whole world. Botallack became the Mecca of many tourists-so...ride in the Crowns skip to prevent the work of the mine being too much interrupted by curiosity seekers...until now, no detailed and connected history of Botallack has appeared. In this book is covered the full
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City
Journal (issue)
PART 2, 1992 Supergene copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...( /992) . SUPERGENE COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department...chlorides and sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed...secondary copper mineral assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
377 Notes on the occurrence of zeolites in Cornwall and neT)on. By ARTHUR I~USS~T,T.. [Read November...concerning the occurrence of zeolites in both Cornwall and Devon. Specimens belonging to this group are...list of mineral species occurring in the ~Vest of England. HEULANDITE. Whea~ Forest, OkehamTton, Devon.--During...Devon, I visited some small abandoned mine-workings named Wheal Forest, situated in ~[eldon Gorge, on...this being the first record of its occurrence in England. On five of the specimens, which were all broken
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection of the Natural History...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved
Report (issue)
126(1) c = 5.636(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Botallack mine, England. 5.66 (10), 2.40 (8), 2.57 (7), 2.84 (4)...49 16.60 12.65 3.74 Total 100.09 (1) Botallack mine, England. (2) Cu2 Cl(OH)3 . 100.00 CuO Cl H2 O...clinoatacamite, and paratacamite. Occurrence: In copper-bearing deposits, in areas with high chlorine concentrations...Association: Atacamite, paratacamite (Botallack mine, Cornwall, England; Bisbee, Arizona, USA); gypsum, brochantite...Distribution: In Wheal Cock and West Wheal Owles, the Botallack and Levant mines, St. Just, and a few other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Discordant calc-silicate bodies from the St. Just aureole, Cornwall D. H. M. ALDERTON Department of Geology...Geology, The University, Keele, Staffs. ST5 5BG, England AND N. J. JACKSON Institute of Applied Geology,...are described from the St. Just part of the Land's End granite aureole, Cornwall. It is suggested that...development is discussed. Geological setting The St. Just portion of the Land's End metamorphic aureole...axinite, and tourmaline are common throughout the St. Just part of the aureole and have also been described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
August 2012 Chalcophyllite Wheal Gorland, Gwennap, Cornwall, England S ome minerals, such as tsumebite...from the Greek words for both its major element (copper) and its typical morphology (leaflike). This attractive...synonym is tamarite, for specimens from Wheal Tamar, Devon, England. Chalcophyllite occurs in a range of...exceptional crystals to 2 cm are known from Cornwall, England (Corbett 1973). The crystals are flattened...arsenate, have been noted (Piazza 1931). At Wheal Gorland, England, a specimen exhibiting partial replacement
Catalog/List
,1:.1• 75 • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline...45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea,Cornvall. Chalcopyrltc rich matrix topped...Specimen B-60x60x20mm. L2.50. 19. ATACAHITE.Wheal Cock,Carnyorth,West Cornvall. Tvo spcclmens. !lornfels...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...- -325, AZURITE(CIIESSEYLITENODULE), La Sal Copper boxed speclmen. Pure,bladed,terminated,royal devclopment
Journal (issue)
antwerpen v.z.w. 26(2), februari 2001 in dit nummer : cornwall vanadiniet mineralogische kring antwerpen vzw...Zuid-Frankrijk). Titelpagina De Botallack mine op de rotskust van West-Cornwall. Foto Rik Dillen (1979). Geonieuws...brogne.be TUCSON. Inn Suites Hotel, 475 N. Granada / St. Mary's Road. 10-19 h. Beurs TUCSON. Executive Inn...4/a. 8.30-19.30 h. Beurs. PARIS. Sofitel, 17 Bd. St.-Jacques. Beurs. Geonieuws 26(2),februari 2001 ...tijdschriften * LE REGNE MINERAL # 34, 08.00 5-15 La mine Rogerley, Weardale, comté de Durham, Angleterre
Book
some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in England. These clifis arc dark in colour, being composed...mile under the bed of the Atlantic; Botallack, another submarine mine incorporating an unusual diagonal...headgear very prominent in the Pendeen landscape; Wheal Owles, haunted by the memory of the disaster which...history. The centre of this industry was the town of St. Just, whose grey terraces of miners' cottages still...seaboard to bring to grass untold treasures of copper and tin. In this book is presented the story of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Botallackite, Cu2共OH兲3Cl, from the Botallack mining area in Cornwall, United Kingdom, has been reinvestigated...Botallackite, Cu2共OH兲3Cl, is a rare secondary mineral in copper-bearing ores. It was originally described by Church...findings have been made from the Botallack mining area in Cornwall, United Kingdom 共Weiß, 1986; Bancroft...Bancroft and Weller, 1993兲. The Botallack mine, near St. Just, Cornwall, is usually considered the type locality...evidence that the type locality is not the Botallack mine, and that the original material collected by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Harvard's Mineralogical Tour of England June 23-July 4, 1984 WILLIAM C. METROPOLIS Harvard Mineralogical...sponsoring a mineralogist's tour of London and Cornwall. A group of eleven left Boston's Logan Airport... We visited the Tate Gallery, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square...world-famous and truly magnificent Crown Jewels of England. Unfortunately, photography is not permitted, so...rings consist of blue sap­ phires, with the Cross of St. George in rubies set on them, surrounded by diamonds
Journal (volume)
K. A. Dyer, Hoddlesden, Darwen, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Kensington Gardens, S...non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David Moulding...euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall John Betterton and Ian E. Grey 34–35 PAPERS
Book
Scenes at Surface (Bradford Barton, 1968) Mining in Cornwall 1850-1960 (Moorland, 1980-1) 2 Volumes ISBN 0...Districts I The St Just and St Ives Mining Districts II The Marazion District III The Wheal Vor or Breage...Breage District IV The St Erth, Gwinear and Crowan Districts V The Wendron District 51 73 91 103 127 Section...Tunnel to Lambriggan III St Austell-Par Mines to Trebartha-Lemarne 147 163 181 Mine Index 191 LIST OF...Diagram Showing the Output of Metallic Tin and Copper from Cornwall, Estimated from the Public Sales of Ore
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...that were f~und last century in the Ale & Cakes mine in Gwennap; barytes is a rare mineral in the Cornish...specimens •. 11. 8ISMUTHINITE. George & Charlotte Mine, nr. Tavistock, Devon. Silvery-grey needly crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Sverige) Aln6 lsland, titanomagnetite, 265 Brattfors mine, Nordmarks Odalffalt, Viirmland, manganhumite, katoptrite...Sukkula, Tammela, tapiolite, 477 British Isles ENGLAND Alderley Edge, Cheshire, osarizwaite, I75 Barrington...Gutter, Brook, Hampshire, glauconite, 373 Mill Close mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, corundophilite, I7I Seathwaite... 373 Turf Pits mine, Grassington, Yorkshire, spencerite, I76 Cornwall Botallack mine, digenite, I72 Carn...Carn Vellan, St. Just, Land's End, garnet, axinite, epidote, hornblende, diopsite, 427 Cheesewring quarry
Catalog/List
Silver Silver Sulphur Gold Sulphur Sulphur Graohite Copper coated with tenorite Gold Sulphur Gold Localitv...Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat Scotland...Coooer Sulphur Gold Graphite Copper Manqanese Copper Elaterite Sulphur Copper & Cuprite Gold Gold Silver...Silver Coooer Jet Gold Sulphur Copper Gold SULPHIDES No 36F 17H 45A 458 728 36H 14C 8V 100D 1138 113G 88C...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific
Catalog/List
,!.h. 50 Oamell Road. Tru ro. Cornwall TR I 2DA, England Telrphone UK (O 21223227 Paul Lowe Minerals...Minerals Endsleigh, 50 Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 20A, England Tel: (0872)223227 NEWS AND INFORMATION...Pyromorphites, Mont St Hilaire, Kola-Peninsula, Greenland, Franklin, Crestmore, Cornwall, Chuquicamata, Langban...sections, namely 140 Bntish, including Devon and Cornwall starting on page 1, and 120 World Species, starting...Wendsleydale,York ■ hlre. xtls.E4 Cllff,Botallack,St Just,Cornvall.Dlsplay xtls up to 10-.60x40.El0
Report (issue)
(Hiaco mine, Bolivia); allophane, basaluminite, malachite, clinochalcomenite (El Dragón mine, Bolivia)...de Cacheuta, Mendoza Province, and at the Cóndor mine, Los Llantenes district, Sierra de Cacheuta, in...the Pacajake mine, Hiaco, 24 km east-northeast of Colquechaca, and in the El Dragón mine, 30 km southwest...Saskatchewan, Canada. In the USA, from the Middlemarch mine, near Pearce, Cochise Co., Arizona; at Majuba Hill...Moffat Co., Colorado. From the Moctezuma (Bambolla) mine, 12 km south of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico. At the
Book
Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Barry Gamble Alison Hodge First...Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...Production. Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth...features but also include areas containing open mine shafts, ruined buildings and high cliffs. Please...Book 6 St Just Mining District 8 Levant Mit ie a. Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and
Other Paper
The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices to the World Heritage Site...Site Management Plan 2013-2018 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site Appendices... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage
 
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