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Tourmaline from
West Wheal Frances, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Tourmaline' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Tourmaline data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Wheal Frances, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:624201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:624201:5
GUID (UUID V4):c8644900-bd06-42e0-8c3b-09650e17b8df
Nearest other occurrences of Tourmaline
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Grenville, Grenville United Mines, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) King Edward Mine, South Condurrow Mine, Grenville United Mines, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Great Condurrow Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) South Condurrow Mine (Marshall's Shaft), Grenville United Mines, Troon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) Tincroft Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) South Tolcarne Mine, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) New Cook's Kitchen Mine, Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles) South Crofty Tin Project (South Crofty Mine; South Wheal Crofty), Pool, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.0km (1.3 miles) West Basset Stamps (Wheal Haste), Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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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...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained...long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which The
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
Book (volume)
BRITAIN 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...of mining in the counties of omwall, Devon and west Somerset. The region covered is classical ground
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and sands (stream-tin.) The detrital tin, ore ~ Cornwall may be grouped under the following heads : - a...breecias ~'" Observations on the detrital tin-ore of Cornwall." Journ. Roy. Inst. (Tram., No,xi., 1874. See...occupying fissures. Such deposits have been observed at Wheal Fortune, near Marazion; Perran Downs, near St. Hilary;...now in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, is represented in fig. 2, pl. 1. At New P~osewarne...tolerably distinct crystals. *~P~po~ M~r Assoc. of Cornwall o~g De~o~, 1866, p. 26. 4 ~. H. CoT.~.~s ox
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
stanniferous deposit known as the Great Flat Lode, the mines worked in which extend for a distance of 3^ miles...raised in Cornwall. The mines in question are Wheal Uny, South Cam Brea, West Wheal Basset, South and...and West Wheal Frances, South Condurrow, and Wheal Grenville; and in all the lode dips at a much less angle...angle than the average of Cornish veins, the dip at Wheal Uny being only about 46° S. Throughout the lode...further stated that, both at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville, he has found in the schorl rock cavities
Book (volume)
COUNCIL The METALLIFEROUS MINING REGION OF SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Volume I 1956 20 I 7 reprint 0 z z ~...GREATBRI'IAIN The metalliferous mining region of south-west England VOLUME I H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE ·with petrographical... TI1e metalliferous mining region of the south-west England.Economic Cardi.tl"University lvfemoir...PREFACE This account of the minmg geology of south-west England summarizes the geological info1mation gained...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall. Devon m1dwest Somerset. ·n1e region covered is
 
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