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Quartz from
Knill Quarry, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Knill Quarry, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:689771
Long-form Identifier:1:3:689771:0
GUID (UUID V4):ee6dc966-f942-4d38-9b82-9c3327d72d6c
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.6km (0.4 miles) Balnoon Mine (Vorvas Downs Mine; Warvas Downs Mine), Trewartha, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Wheal Margery, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Providence, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.7 miles) Wheal Speed, Providence Mines, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
1.2km (0.8 miles) South Wheal Providence (South Wheal Speed), Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) East Wheal Providence, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Carbis Bay sands, Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Wheal Trenwith, St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.9 miles) St Ives Consols (incl. Wellesley Mine; Wheal Mary), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.4 miles) Carrack Dews Mine (Carrick Du Mine), St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK
References
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Book
Igneous Rocks of South-West England THE GEOLOGICAL CONSERVATION REVIEW SERIES The comparatively small...M. C. Gyopari S. Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd, C. S. Exley and M. T. Styles 6. ...D. R. Bridgland Igneous Rocks of South-West England P. A. Floyd Department of Geology, University of...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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the origin of the Cornubian batholith, southwest England JAMES A. STIMAC Earth and Environmental Sciences...granites of the Cornubian batholith, southwest England. The most common enclave type is layered, rich... Large crystals of K-feldspar, plagioclase and quartz, common in these microgranular enclaves (ME) but...regions of relatively thin crust such as southwest England. KEYWORDS:enclaves, magma mixing, S-type granite...evidence of the processes batholith of southwest England (Ghosh, 1928; controlling or influencing their
Book (edition)
ANTIQUITIES, MINING, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF UXzmm Cornwall SECOND EDITION. To which is added, for the...him from a resolution he had formed on quitting Cornwall, that of abandoning a science which can never...fertility ful, lands, 23. Dispensary, 25. Cornwall, 26. Royal Geological Society of Its Cabinet... 40. List of Indigeat nous Plants of Western Cornwall, EXCURSION 41, tyc. I. (Page 45) TO SAINT...base of the Mount—-Beds -\i of Granite, 53. Quartz —Interesting contents of the 55. — Finite — Other
Book (edition)
ANTIQUITIES, MINING, MINERALOGY, AND GEOLOGY OF WESTERN CORNWALL. A TO A WHICH IS NEW EDITION. ADDED, FOR...PRESIDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF d&oto&ical ^ocietr of Cornwall, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED, AS A HUMBLE, YET...him from a resolution he had formed on quitting Cornwall, that of abandoning a science which can never...Penzance a Coinage Town, 25. Dispensary, 25. CORNWALL, 26. Meeting Public ROYAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY...Davy, 40. LIST OF INDIGENOUS PLANTS OF WESTERN CORNWALL, 41, $c. place of Sir EXCURSION I. (Page 45)
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Potassium-Rich Permian Volcanic Rocks of Devonshire, England M. E. Cosgrove Department of Geology, The University...Europe. Introduction The Permian rocks of S. W. England rest with marked unconformity on the Palaeozoic...with the vesicles sometimes filled with calcite, quartz or montmorillonoid clays. They are generally porphyritic...Webberton Cross Hannaborough Qy. Pocombe Quarry Posbury Quarry Stone Quarry Washfield Qy. ttolmead Holmead Rose...Rose Ash Meadowend Qy. Knowle Quarry Spence Combe Qy. Lydbridge Rlwy. cutting, Ide West Town Qy. Knowle
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
basaltic and K-rich volcanic rocks from south-west England R . S. T H O R P E , 1 M . E. COSGROVE, 2 AND... MK7 6AA, UK. 2Department of Geology, the University, Highfield, Southampton, SO5 9NH, UK ABSTRACT.Permian...Permian basic/ultrabasic lavas from southwest England may be divided into a 'basaltic' and a K-rich group...subduction of oceanic lithosphere below south-west England. The resultant magmas experiencedfractionalcrystallizationof...neodymiumisotopes, Permian lavas, south-west England. THE Peninsula of south-west England comprises deformed Palaeozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
399^105. DHONAU, T. J. The Relation Between the Quartz Fabric and Fold Movements in a Folded Calc-Silicate...Western Perthshire, Scotland, 1, 41-55. KNILL, J. L., & D. C. KNILL. Reversed Graded Beds from the Dalradian...230-234. OYAWOYE, M. O. On an Occurrence of Fayalite Quartz-Monzonite in the Basement Complex around Bauchi...Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Boscastle and Tintagel, Cornwall, 2, 161-167. SISSONS, J. B. The Central and Eastern...R. Devonian and Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Cornwall, 6, 529. HODSON, F. An Early Reference to Isostasy
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University Press 111 The Exeter Group, south Devon, England: a contribution to the early post-Variscan stratigraphy...British Geological Survey, St. Just, 30 Pennsylvania Road, Exeter EX4 6BX, UK t British Geological Survey...Kingsley Dunham Centre, Key worth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK (Received 25 July 1995; revised version received...post-Variscan succession around Exeter, south Devon, England, comprises some 800 m of breccias, with subordinate...occurrence of this type is, however, in southwest England, around Exeter and in the adjacent Crediton Trough
Report (issue)
reddish orange oligoclase and orthoclase phenocrysts, quartz, accessory biotite (some of which may be xenolithic)...K-feldspathised. Veinlets in the intrusion are both quartz-rich and K-feldspar-rich. Dykes marginal to the...the intrusion include feldspar-phyric and quartz-phyric varieties with xenoliths of biotite-schist, and...orange-rougeatre de phenocrystal d'orthose, de quartz, de biotites accessoires (dont quelques unes peuvent...feldspathisee. Des veinules dans !'intrusion sont riches en quartz et en K-feldspath. A la marge de !'intrusion Jes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sulfides (Giusca 1930; Graeser 1965, 1975; Hofmann and Knill 1996; Graeser et al. 2008). It is the type locality...literature (e.g., Graeser and Roggiani 1976; Hofmann and Knill 1996). In this study, we determined the chemical...sulfosalts, sulfides, and micas from the Lengenbach quarry in the Lengenbach deposit. The un- 794 HETTMANN...diversity of Tl-bearing minerals at the Lengenbach quarry makes it an ideal target for the exploration of...of the Pizzo Cervandone south of the Lengenbach quarry and a Mississippi Valley-type deposit at Wiesloch
Journal (issue)
were published by the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, to whom we are greatly indebted, and it was hoped...life work has been in the geology of South-West England ; a man who, moreover, as an officer of the Geological...ages of some south-western slates and phyllites." Cornwall." 11. Dr. A. T. J. Dollar: "The age of the Lundy...lineaments in Cornwall and South Devon." 15. *Mr. N. E. Butcher: "The structure of Devon and Cornwall." 16. *Mr...*Mr. P. Scott : "A gravity survey in South-West Cornwall." 17. *Mr. B. Marshall : "The small structures
Report (edition)
SCIENCES British Regional Geology South-West England (TH [RD EDITION) By E. A. Edmonds, M.Sc. M. C...world war, interest in the geology of south-west England has further inten ified. Much valuable work ha...done, and in 1962 the newly l"ormcd outh-we t England field unit of the Geological Survey began ix-inch...Mr. G. Bisson (District Geologi t. South-We t England, editor). Private workers whose publications have...volume ( 1966] of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. The writer have attempted to produce a handbook
Journal (issue)
Some aspects of Engineering Geology in South West England Chairman's Introduction ... ... ... 356 Engineering...in reservoir construction in South West England. By J. L. Knill. ... ... ... 359 The influence of weathering...weathering on the layout of quarries in South West England. By W. R. Dearman and P. G. Fookes. ... ... ..... 372 Some examples of cliff failure in S.W. England. By H. M. de Freitas. ... ... ... ... 388 Geological...problems in the china clay industry of South West England. By M. J. Ripley. ... ... 405 The geological
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Meeting in 1930 of the Geologists' Association. Cornwall has been little visite d in the past, by the Association...wide stretch of country was visited, extending from St. Austell to Land's End. The next visit was paid in...and others]. By reason, too, of the fact that Cornwall has been known from time immemorial as one of...writings on the general geology of south-west Cornwall are voluminous. Despite this fact, however, there...KILLAS. The Killas into which the granites of S.W. England have been intruded has been the subject of much
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Relationships of, D. G. Jones and T. R. Owen, 285. Cornwall, Devonian and Carboniferous Stratigraphy of, E...Donegal, Reversed Graded Beds from, J. L. and D. C. Knill, 458. Dalradian of W. Ireland, Age of metamorphism...R., Devonian and Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Cornwall, 529. Deformation at Thrust Planes in Shetland...317. Devonian and Carboniferous Stratigraphy of Cornwall, W. R. Dearman, 529: E. B. Selwood, 161. Dewey...Greisening in the Bodmin Moor Granite, 427. Fayalite Quartz-Monzonite, N. Nigeria, M. O. Oyawoye, 473. Fenestella
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
non-marine Lower Cretaceous Wealden strata of southern England Jonathan D. Radley a,*, Percival Allen b,1 a b...University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK Postgraduate Research Institute for Sedimentology...Reading, PO Box 227, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AB, UK A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article...Wealden strata of the Wessex-Weald Basin (southern England) are introduced, with reference to the depositional...Wealden Lower Cretaceous Wessex-Weald Basin Southern England 1. Introduction to the Wealden Following Martin
Report (volume)
PANKHURST (UK) Society Books Editors JOHN GREGORY JIM GRIFFITHS JOHN Howe PHIL LEAT (UK) (UK) (UK) NICK...NICK ROBINS JONATHAN (UK) (UK) TURNER (UK) Society Books Advisors MIKE BROWN (USA) ERIC BUFFETAUT...BUREK University of Chester, UK and GC. D. PROSSER Natural England, UK 2008 Published by The Geological...is Registered Charity 210161. The Society is the UK national learned and professional society for geology...fifth of the Society’s fellowship resides outside the UK. To find out more about the Society, log on to www
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
yellow xanthiosite, quartz, and arsenides near the south shaft at South Terras mine, St. Stephen-in-Brannell...Stephen-in-Brannell, Cornwall. R. J. Davis, M. H. Hey, and A. W. G. Kingsbury (1965), Mineral. Mag. 35, 72. Agardite...on mimetite in quartz on old specimens in the BM(NH), at Wheal Alfred, Phillack, Cornwall. The variety...massive from a vein in a dolerite sill at Embleton quarry, near Cockermouth, Cumberland. A. W. G. Kingsbury...near the roof of the Tregonning granite, Rinsey, Cornwall. C. S. Exley and M. Stone (x964), in 'Present
Report (issue)
: (A)-ENGLAND AND WALES: 1. South-West England and South Wales District (a) South-West England . . ....establishment of an office in and for the North of England and that accommodation had been found for it in...the staff concerned with work in the North of England but based on London were also transferred to Leeds...work of the Geological Survey in the North of England, which includes some of the most heavily industrialized...six-inch scale, was undertaken in several areas in England and also in the Highlands of Scotland while revision
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the Cornbrook Sandstone ... ... .. . Age of the quartz deposits in Brazil ... AGER, D. V. A new inarticulate...Anhydrite in Permian evaporites of north-eastern England ... Anomalina flintii Cushman ... ... ... ... ...Clay (Jurassic) of Redcliff Point. near Weymouth, England ... ... ... BARNARD. T. Foraminifera from the Upper...Gloucestershire BATE, D. M. A. (obituary) 63.106 Bath in St. Thomas, Jamaica, Field Meeting at ... 69.188 Bathymetrical...Meeting in the inlier of ... 69, 32 Ben Hutig, the quartz-rods of ... 64,131 Bergen arcs, geology of ...
Journal (issue)
elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...Brannel, South Crofty and Wherry el van dykes, Cornwall, by J. R. Hawkes, Ph.D., R. R. Harding, D.Phil...chalcedonic concretions in anhydrite, Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. . . · 55...occurrence of sapphire in the Land's End Granite, Cornwall, by A. C. Wilson, B.Sc., Ph.D. 61 I. VII. Refringence...Mine, St Bees, Cumbria 58 Photomicrographs of concretions in anhydrite from Sandwith Mine, St Bees!
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
affiliations (cf. the sedimentary associations of Knill 1959) is introduced, and three such affiliations...west, and various stream sections in the area around St Catherine's and Strachur. Other isolated localities...associations', first introduced into Dalradian geology by Knill (1959, p. 248) to account for the fact that " certain...several sedimentary associations, as defined by Knill (1959), will form a single NW SE / LochtornSyncline...limestone beds sometimes contain detrital grains of quartz and feldspar. Such black slates grade into pebbly
 
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