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Sphalerite from
Wheal Trenwith, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Sphalerite
Formula:ZnS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sphalerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Trenwith, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:689087
Long-form Identifier:1:3:689087:2
GUID (UUID V4):aa8df9eb-6709-4ca7-9aea-04b57bb16332
Nearest other occurrences of Sphalerite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Carrack Dews Mine (Carrick Du Mine), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
2.6km (1.6 miles) Hawk's Point Mine (Hawkes Point Mine; Wheal Fanny Adela), Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
3.6km (2.3 miles) Wheal Mary, Wheal Sisters, Trencrom, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
6.0km (3.7 miles) Castle-an-Dinas Quarry, Higher Trenowin, Ludgvan, Cornwall, England, UK
6.3km (3.9 miles) Mellanear Mine, Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
7.0km (4.3 miles) Wheal Elizabeth, St Erth, Cornwall, England, UK
7.2km (4.5 miles) Wheal Alfred, Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
7.8km (4.8 miles) Alfred Consols (East Wheal Alfred; Laity Hills Mine), Great Wheal Alfred (Alfred Consols), Hayle, Cornwall, England, UK
8.2km (5.1 miles) Trevarthian Downs Mine (Trevarthen Mine), St Hilary, Cornwall, England, UK
8.2km (5.1 miles) Trungle Mine, Copperhouse, Gwinear-Gwithian, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALISATION IN G.K. ROLLINSON 1, N. LE BOUTILLIER CORNWALL – A AND NEW DISCOVERY AT PORTHTOWAN R. SELLY...mineralisation in Cornwall – A new discovery at Porthtowan. Geoscience in South-West England, 14, 176–187...Although cobalt mineralisation has been noted in Cornwall and Devon in the mining literature, there are...at Porthtowan, Cornwall, in the vicinity of old workings which are part of the Wheal Lushington group...cobaltite, along with chalcopyrite, bornite, galena, sphalerite, acanthite, erythrite, matildite, chlorargyite
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Collectors Guide to ^MINERALS, ROCKS and GEMSTONES \in Cornwall and Devon |'; '’i '■-■ ,, t Cedric Rogers...Collector’s Guide to MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMSTONES in Cornwall and Devon Cedric Rogers i D. BRADFORD BARTON...Truro LTD MINERALISED ILPMACOMar AREAS of CORNWALL & DEVON Main. Concentrations of mints. (has... ’’fe, -'A Sr A6Nfl^ fe'Pk :. g,TRURO <4 J -St AUS FELL S’ LAND'S EHdG HOUMTSS. HEL5TOW PENZANCEJH...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS
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CARBONA-STYLE REPLACEMENT TIN MINERALIZATION IN WEST CORNWALL S. C. DOMINY, G. S. CAMM AND M. A. BUSSELL Dominy...carbona-style replacement tin mineralization in west Cornwall. Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 9, 097-104...(endogranitic) tin mineralization in southwest England is characterised by fracture systems which show...carbona orebodies are not widespread in south-west England and contributed negligibly to the total tin output...country rock along cracks..." with reference to the St. Ives Consolidated Mine Great Carbona body. Spargo (1865)
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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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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 ‘ch 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
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undifferentiated Head Raised Beach Solid formations Pliocene St Erth Beds Devonian M ylor Slates Gramscatho Beds...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and...phonolite of Wolf Rock. Small outcrops of Pliocene St Erth Beds are described and there is a full account...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
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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
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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... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...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
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4JF England Phone: 44 (0} 20 8392-8585; Fax: 44 (0) 20 8392-9876 E-mail: info@bushwoodbooks.co. uk Website:............................................. 26 England .................................................traditional industries including ceramics, catalysis, and st eelmaking. Colored glass dating from around 79 AD...Germany; Peach Bottom and Fort St. Vrain in the US; Dragon project at Winfrith, UK; and Kimini near Kalpakkam...this type of deposit are the localities in New England; near Spruce Pine, NC; the region between Sabugal
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...London s.E.1 13a Castle Street, Edinburgh 2 109 St. Mary Street, Cardiff 39 King Street, Manchester...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during
Report (edition)
British Regional Geology I * South-West England r * FOURTH EDITION e ■ - O ” ..y 1835 Geological...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologist, South-West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeeding years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carboniferous rocks...Isotopic age-determinations of rocks of south-west England ...... Facing 112 1. . . . List of Geological
Book (volume)
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...PH EM I STER, M.A., D.Sc. LONDON H ER MAJESTY'S ST A TI ONER Y OFFICE 1956 The Institute of Geological...London WCI J 3a Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3AR 109 St Mary Street, Cardiff CFJ IJW Brazennose Street, Manchester...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers
Book (volume)
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...production on a scale sufficientto preserve fue west of England mining tradition. For ease of treatment the region
Report (edition)
G .. Bisson (District Geologist, South--West England), as well as Professor W. R. Dearman and the con­...volume [1966] of the Royal Geo­ logical Society of Cornwall. The succeedi11g years have seen notable advances...in our knowledge of the geology of south-west England. Most of the great expanse of Carbonif�rous rocks...age-determinations of rocks of south-west . . . . . . . Facing England 1 112 List of Geological Survey Maps and Memoirs...positions prior to continental drift. South-west England is shown in . . . . . black . . . . . Generalized
Journal (issue)
Research into the geology and geomorphology of S. W. England Volume 5 Part 3 1982 Edited by G.M Power The...into the geology and geomorphology of South West England and the surrounding marine areas; to hold Annual...Annual Conferences at various places in South West England where those engaged in this research can meet formally...Dr R.T. Taylor, Institute of Geological Sciences, St Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX Devon...Launceston, on Brent Tor and in the stream section near Wheal Betsy and had explained to it the newly-recognized
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.......................................... 45 England ........ ........ ...............................which are novv availab le in several online arch ives), and these are incl uded in the bib I iography...Gerrnany; Peach Bot101n and Fort St. Vrain in the US; Dragon project at Winfrith, UK: and Kimini near Kalpakkam...Great Bear Lake area, No1ihvvest Territories; Cornwall, England; the Erzgebirge district, Czech Republ ic;...sn1all an1o unts of galena, chalcopyrite, and sphalerite. but overall the ve ins contain fairly sn1all
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peg1natite, N .I-I. , Fie. 2.3. Botryoidal pitchblende, St. Priest vein, Forez, France ( X l) ( Geffroy and...the Sn deposits of Cornwall, England. ( b) Veins with pyrite, galena ( ± sphalerite) ( pages 298-319)...uranothallite-Meixner, 1940A); and Wheal Basset, Cornwall, England. In the United States at Pumpkin Buttes...Crouzille and Ronchamp ( Haute-Saone) , France; Cornwall, England ( 11 localities reported); ABC group at Lake...stadt, Saxony; Joachimsthal and Pribram, Bohemia; St. Just, Cornvvall; Urgeirica mine, Viseu district
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the original manuscript, particularly T. K. Ball (UK), I. Benkovics (Hungary), F. Bianconi (Switzerland)... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1.1 Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal) District, Northwest Bohemia . . ....Western Canton of Valais .. . . . . . . . . 18.3 St. Niklaus-Embd-Zeneggen, Eastern Canton of Valais.... . . 18.6 Glarner and St. Galler Verrucano Region, Cantons of Glarus and St. Gallen . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.1 Cornwall .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (edition)
of Mineralogy Natural History Museum London, i UK CHAPMAN & HALL London - Glasgow - New York : Tokyo...Chapman & Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, UK Blackie Academic & Professional, Wester Cleddens...Cleddens Road, Bishop- briggs, Glasgow G64 2NZ, UK Chapman & Hall Inc., 29 West 35th Street, New York NY10001...study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued
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Department of Mineralogy Natural History Museum London, UK SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V. First edition...licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency in the UK, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued...appropriate Reproduction Rights Organization outside the UK. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the terms...from Switzerland, Stefan Graeser (Basel); from the UK, David Vaughan (Manchester); and from the USA, Pete...(Ro) tP. tP. II: II: freibergite 25 25 sphalerite periclase Or--------.---------r------~ Or--------
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Rd., Toronto LONDON Macmillan & Company, Ltd., St. Martin's Street, London, W.C. COPYRIGHT, 1954...other than the United States Belgium, Canada, England, France, Holland, Norway, Sweden, and the U.S.S...constructing uranium reacstantial atomic research England and the U.S.S.R. have successfully developed atomic...the necessity for secrecy in the this States, England, and Canada to develop an atomic bomb, a realistic...United States from Stone Mountain in Georgia to New England. The associated non-uranium minerals are the same
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Molly Millars Lane Wokingham, Berkshire RG11 2PY, England Van Nostrand Reinhold 480 Latrobe Street Melbourne...Material of the Bunter Pebble-Bed in the West of England Geol. MACKIE, W.: Soc. London Quart. Jour....André Cailleux, Ecole Practique des Hautes Etudes, St. Maur, France. Special thanks are due to the staff...County of Cornwall and their Bearings on the Pliocene Geography of the South-West of England, Geol. Soc...Diagenesis of Paleogene Sand- stones of Southern England as Indicated by Heavy Mineral Analysis, Geol. Assoc
Journal (volume)
Prospecting in G. F. Ober Cliina-Clay Industry of Cornwall Chorolque Tin District of Bolivia Chrome Ores...455 Metallurgy of Lead China-Clay Industry of Cornwall Neglect of Cornish Mining ip.t.) H 447 74 366...Kl 3UK) y-- 97 .p!,.) 230. 808 -. *'*' 468 1" «''...Starting Lead Furnaces at Martin's Process in Cornwall.... .Report MaFon & Barry Tin in Nigeria Master...Siialt-Sinking in Wet Grouiid shrawir. .\. L (p.(.) Rand. St rTiV:i\ci' stoping on the 1' Nichols ;iressionfi
 
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