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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Copper
Formula:Cu
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quartz2 photos of Copper associated with Quartz at this locality.
Cuprite1 photo of Copper associated with Cuprite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Copper data
Locality Data:Click here to view West Caradon Mine, Crow's Nest, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:751788
Long-form Identifier:1:3:751788:4
GUID (UUID V4):7367e71f-8dd0-4ea4-8054-f754c2bd3e5e
Nearest other occurrences of Copper
0.8km (0.5 miles) South Caradon Mine, Caradon Hill, St Cleer, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Wheal Phoenix, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.1km (1.3 miles) Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
2.2km (1.3 miles) Marke Valley Mine, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
3.0km (1.9 miles) Sharptor Mine (West Sharptor Mine), Sharptor, Linkinhorne, Cornwall, England, UK
9.7km (6.0 miles) Holmbush Mine, Callington United Mines (incl. Emmens United Mines), Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England, UK
14.5km (9.0 miles) Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall, England, UK
14.8km (9.2 miles) Hingston Down Quarry, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
16.0km (9.9 miles) Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
16.8km (10.5 miles) Old Gunnislake Mine, Clitters United Mines, Gunnislake, Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Book (edition)
THE CORNWALL & DEVON MINING DIRECTORY : CLASSIFIED IN DISTRICTS ; 1 With their Produce, number of...STREET AND WEST - ER TRURO : HEARD & Sons, BOSCAWEN -STREET . ST. AUSTELL : R. V. BANFIELD, WEST-END . LONDON...; AND ALL BOOKSELLERS . rusuh g Ndalhs1870.Cornwall Gfo . gogy ENTERED AT STATIONERS: HALL ... THE desire for a new edition of the CORNWALL AND DEVON MINING DIRECTORY having been often expressed...return them his sincere thanks. J. W. Hayle, Cornwall, April, 1870. INDEX . CORNISH THOSE MARKED
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 .
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 (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)
MINERAL RESOURCES OF GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. XXVII.-COPPER ORES OF OORNWALI, AND DEVON BY HENRY DE"\VEY.... .. .: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote...this district took a prominent place among the copper-producing districts of the world. Since then the...famous old mines are practically exhausted, and copper-ores have tended to become by-products of mining...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring
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...2~xli-". £4.50. 1. N.~TIVE 2. :,P"TITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Large cloudy sea-green crystals...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
Report (issue)
mineral in the oxidization zone of hydrothermal copper deposits. Association: Cuprite, connellite, brochantite...crystals in the Copper Queen, Czar, and Southwest mines, Bisbee; in the Maid of Sunshine mine, Courtland,...at the Grand Central mine, Tintic district, Juab Co., Utah; in the Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district...Gorland, Gwennap, and the West Caradon mine, St. Cleer, Cornwall, England. At Trébas, Tarn, and Fontana...France. From the Arenas mine, south of Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. In the Kamariza mine, Laurium, Greece. From
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...matrix in association. Itxlt". £4. 8. AUTUNITE. Mine La Faye, Grury, Saone-et-Loire, France. Yellowish...2txlt-". £2. 9. hXINITE. Roscommon Cliff, Nr. St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, sharp, clove brown crystals to...Beudantite - £6. lit. BOT: LkCKITE. Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. Pale gree:, lustrous micro-crystals encrusting
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...data, furnished from each mine, and shew the quantity of black tin, copper, and lead ore, raised in
Book (volume)
cover, top: Holman's 70-inch engine house, South Caradon Mine, 1995. (Walk 1) Front cover, bottom: The pumping...Cook's Kitchen Mine, 1995. (Walk4) Back cover, top: Wheal Trewavas - looking south-west, 1990. New Engine...OPPOSITE The 25-inch whim-engine house at Ding Dong Mine. (Walk 7) (Photograph by Simon Vere Jones, 1995)...PUBLICATIONS Landfall, Penpol, Devoran, Truro, Cornwall TR3 6NW Telephone Truro (01872) 862581 Copyright...Record Office, the Cornish Studies Library and the Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Typesening and maps (other
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
Catalog/List
Gems Endsleigh, SO Daniell Road, Truro, Cornwall TRl 2DA England Telephone 01872 223 227 Collection of...vein 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...sliver. GRF. SM!. £10.00 11 CASSITERITE, Birch Tor Mine, Dartmoor, Devon. Massive ore. Olab on specimen...TN. £10.00 13 PITCHBLENDE, Wheel Edward, St Just, Cornwall. Blackish solid mass. RAD. RF. SMI. £10.00
Unpublished Work
nd Critcid0ck J.,�oor. These mines were larr,-e copper proclucers , but ro.i::;cd no tin. The (;l'::tni...exploratory drives. Althou,-5h no tin was mined in the Caradon .�roup , alluvial deponi ts are known to have occurred...most important. copper-producing areas of Cornwall, the largest being South Caradon Mine. V[es t Ca radon...property 1 ies � mile south-west of Ca radon Hill and includes !lev1 West Caradon Mine. It is imm8diately south...p;reen fluori te o Tne ::1ir.e '::as ·started for copper in 1837. T'ne recorded output is 91,700 ions o:
Catalog/List
W• BAR STOW 26, Tregeseal, st. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. ORDER ING INFOFlMATION Mail...APATITE variety FRANCOLITE. Fowey ';onsols Mine, Tywardreath, Cornwall. Small, sharp, ttansparent hexagonal...50. 9. BAYLDONITE. Penberthy Crofts Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Rich, apple green crusts covering Quartz... -2- 10. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Cro~ts Mine, st. Hilary, Cornwall. Transparent, well formed, mi£!Q crystals...SSITERITE. Wheal Rock, Nr. Bugle, Hensbarrow Moor, Cornwall. Pure, dark brovm cellular mass, with numerous
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...paper, however, including native silver, native copper, unusual forms of titanite, and a very rare occurrence...associated rare species, including native silver, native copper with chrysocolla, covellite, malachite, diaspore...barite. Other associated species are rare native copper, occurring both on and in the prehnite and accompanied
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
Catalog/List
CARRUTH 3 Chequer Tree Court Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9DW Tel/fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...APATITE (var FRANCOLITE). Simms Lode, Gecvor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall. An approx 60x60mm area on bro\\11 cellular...showing many intergro"�l light yellowish green cn,st or individual xls to 4mm. Flat sheet with 70x40mm...£20. 4) ARSENOPYRITE and FERBERITE. Yaobangxian Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China. Three composite lustrous...£85. 8) BORNITE. Cooks Kitchen Ivlinc, Cambome, Cornwall. A thin piece of gossan matrix on top of which
Book (edition)
See Photography by Peter Stanier and oe Levant Mine, St Just. The small engine house on the left houses...The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and other minerals...known from prehistoric times, and it is likely that copper was also worked at an early date. Tin was important...while made this far south- west corner of Britain a world leader. Copper mining was then far more important...typical view of Cornish i mining. Marke Valley Mine. P.S. innovations in machinery, particularly the
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...Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site...recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site...research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site
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...and quartz. 2tx2xl". £3.25. 5. AZURITE; Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. Arizona, U.S.A. Choice...cavities. 4x2xl-t'.'. £23.00. 6. AZURITE. Buckingham Mine, Doddington, Nether Stowey, Somerset. Small bright...2~x1~~1~". £3.25p. . BORNITE. Wheal Cock, st. Just, Cornwall. Very rich purply tarnished mass associated
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...sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed to be...secondary copper mineral assemblages observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and
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
A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING CORNWALL AND IN | DEVON D. B. BARTON on |» Se Fai 4 H} r) Cavodent...DISTRICT 12 0@T45 6037 A HISTORY OF COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Nac . A aes dex “8 ob ea...sigh ee Ja Teal Ps IOuROYE | (One COPPER MINING IN CORNWALL AND DEVON Deb ab Ak ON De BRAD RO RAD...BULLEN GARDEN MINE: FOWEY CONSOLS: SECTION, 1778 SURFACE PLAN, 1839 CORNWALL AND SOUTH-WEST DOLCOATH...MINING DISTRICT OFCORNWALL F : : : . SOUTH CARADON, THE REMAINSTODAY. SMELTING WORKS AT SWANSEA
 
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