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Cassiterite from
Tasman Mine, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Cassiterite
Formula:SnO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cassiterite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tasman Mine, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:786448
Long-form Identifier:1:3:786448:3
GUID (UUID V4):ac9dba0a-c19f-4c4a-badf-48060aa55071
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.5km (0.3 miles) St Blazey Consols (South Prideaux Wood Mine), St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) West Fowey Consols, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Prideaux Wood Mine (Wheal Kendall), Prideaux, Luxulyan (Luxullian), Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Lady Rashleigh Consols, Prideaux, Luxulyan (Luxullian), Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Blue Gate Mine, Carlyon, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Par Consols, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
1.6km (1.0 miles) South Fowey Consols, Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.0 miles) Wheal Par (Pol Pry Mine), Prideaux, Luxulyan (Luxullian), Cornwall, England, UK
1.7km (1.1 miles) Bodelva Pit (Carvear China Clay Works), Bodelva, St Blaise, Cornwall, England, UK
1.9km (1.2 miles) Lanescot Mine, Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath and Par, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northern part of the Tasman Orogenic Zone, in Denmead, A. K., ed., Proceedings of the Tasman Geosyncline Symposium:...QueenslandProc., v. 85, p. 85-93. part of the Tasman Geosyncline--possibleremnants of Palaeozoicoceanfloor...Palaeozoicoceanfloor, in Denmead,A. K., ed., Proceedings of the Tasman Geosyncline Symposium: Brisbane, Geol. Soc. Australia...upper Carboniferouspotashgranitesof southwest England (and indeed much of the European Hercynides) are...phenomena(see Badham,in press,for further discussion). The St. Austell granite is one of the outcropsof the Cornubianbatholith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tem- restrictedrange of compositions from any one mine peratureof hydrothermal fluidsdecreases awayfrom...were and 0.25 g samplesof pulverizedwolfMine, Cornwall. As discussed by Clark, (1970) the separated 362...Tasmania are associated 1965). At the Ben Lomond and St Aubyns proswith leucocraticgranitesin four distinctgeographic...greisenizedgranite (e.g., Blissett, 1959). At the Rex Hill mine wolframite occurs with abundant mania (Figs. 1,...the Shepherdand Murphy mine where quartz veins carrying wolframite,cassiterite,magnetiteand sulfidesi
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemical Aspects of Tin Mineralization in the Tasman Geosyncline W. R. HF.sI, and D. RIGBY N o r t h...to 284 granitic rocks from various parts of the Tasman Geosyncline in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria...with cassiterite deposits usually have a higher tin content than those not carrying cassiterite -- but...the rock (i. e. as an economic mineral e. g. cassiterite or in a host mineral, e, g. in biotite) is determined...investigations on rocks collected mostly from the N e w England igneous complex (FLINTEe, 1971; FLINTER et aL 1972)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
considered to be deeply eroded and any economic cassiterite deposits have probably been removed by erosion...mineralisation. For example, the occurrence of cassiterite veins at Quirnsa Cruz, Bolivia is such that the...Potential of some Devonian Granitic Indonesia, Cornwall, and Saxony are all biotite or biotite-muscovite-bearing...(McKenzie and Clarke, 1975) contains several small cassiterite prospects in Lunenburg County (Fig. i). The chemistry...Rafuse Tin Mine, and Reeves Tin Mine initial 87Sr/86Sr isotope ratios (0. 708 (Fig. i). Cassiterite occurs
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fractionation. The four granites beneath the Renison tin mine in western Tasmania range from −6.1 to −3.9. The...mantle-derived fluids. Introduction—the Sn Provinces of the Tasman Fold Belt System The association of Sn and W deposits...system, the Tasman fold belt system, the western margin of which is defined by the Tasman line. The major...Lachlan fold belt (the Wagga Sn belt), in New England and in northern Queensland (Cooktown, Herberton-Mount...Silurian (Wagga province) through to Triassic (New England). Although it is commonly assumed that Sn deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
153 METALLOGENY AND TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM IN TASMANIA P . L . F . C O L...1986. Metallogeny and tectonic development of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Tasmania. In: E. Scheibner...m i t e +-cassiterite vein deposits. In contrast, scheelite-bem'ing skarns and cassiterite sta~mite p...Introduction Tasmania forms a very small part of the Tasman fold belt system of Palaeozoic-Mesozoic age, but...received his doctorate from Nottingham University, England in 1951. Before joining the Geological Survey of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
northwest Tasmania, Australia, was a major tin-producing mine until its closure in 1986. The deposit is contained...limestone. Three styles of mineralization occur in the mine sequence. These are carbonate replacement, greisenization...porphyry dike, and fissure veins. The area in the mine encompassing the dike and the surrounding vein halo...Cleveland tin mine was the second largest tin-producing mine in Australia. Only the Renison Bell mine near Zeehan...extended the study of the mine to include Foley’s zone mineralization, discovered by mine geologists in 1979
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Devonian or Lower Car- Basin,partof thePaleozoic Tasman Geosyncline, to boniferous Hodgkinson Formation............................................. Cassiterite ............................... Stannite Chalcopyrite...somecassiteritelodes. In the Elizabeth Creek Granite the cassiterite mite also occursin flat-lying topaz greisenlodesin...shearTin Zone zones. On Mount Garnet the cassiterite is associated The tungstenzone passesoutwards...and copper. Ore minerals associatedwith the cassiterite are pyrite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, galena
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
sequence is intruded by granites with associated cassiterite mineralisation. This relationship is not considered...Hill Ltd., and W deposits to Sn and W deposits 576 St. Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004, associated with...environment. EXHALATIVE TIN DEPOSITS Tin minerals (cassiterite, stannite and stanniferous tetrahedrite) are...deposits of Canada contain a relatively high cassiterite content. Although tin is a common element in...quartz-tourmaline rocks. Pyrrhotite + Carbonate + Cassiterite Association In Western Tasmania (Australia)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and magmatic fluids in the formation of the cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania John L....1995; accepted 23 August 1995 Abstract The cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania are spatially...process and an intimate association between cassiterite-sulfide deposits and volatile-rich granites....Introduction This paper discusses the genesis of the cassiterite-sulfide deposits of western Tasmania. The Renison...Cleveland (Fig. 1). Three unexploited deposits of cassiterite and sulfide (Queen Hill, Montana and Severn)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Netherlands METALLOGENY AND TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE TASMAN FOLD BELT SYSTEM IN QUEENSLAND C.G. MURRAY Geological...and t e c t o n i c d e v e l o p m e n t of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland. In: E. Scheibner..., 1: 315--400. The n o r t h e r n part of the Tasman Fold Belt System in Queensland comprises three...o m s o n , Hodgkinson-- Broken River, and New England Fold Belts. The e v o l u t i o n of each fold... The most recent folding, confined to the New England Fold Belt, was of Early to mid-Cretaceous age.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Colloge, London, UK CDepartment of Mineralogy, British Museum (Natural History), London. UK (Received July...certain cases, Sn is located in minerals such as cassiterite, malayaite and nordenskioldine. In many other...and, especially, Si. Sn was not deposited as cassiterite until the system evolved to retrograde low-temperature...low-temperature and acid conditions. During this stage, cassiterite formed with magnetite, actinolite and fluorite...sulphides (e.g., Dachang, Guangxi Province ). Cassiterite, together with calcite, even formed at the expense
Catalog/List
• I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline fragment...22. AXINITE, Roscommon Cliffs,carnyorth,West Cornwall. Specimen A-lustrous, vaxy brovn,matrix !ree interforms...BAYLDONIT!!. 41. Penberthy crofts Hine,st Hilary,West Cornwall. Tron stained Quartz fragment covered on...30x30x!Omm. 16.25. Penberthy Crofts Mine,St llllary,Wcst Cornwall, Spcclmcn carries an Arnold Fisher label...Bayldonlte. Also miner 110.00. Pcnberthy Crofts Hine,St llilary, vith patches of bright gr~cn aggrcgHlmetlte
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
developedduring the 1890s;cassiterite Tasmaniaforms a very small part of the Tasman fold belt, of Paleozoicage...sedimentsare flankedto the eastby volcanicbeltsthat (a) Cassiterite-stannite-pyrrhotite lensesmainlydecontainmassive...1981), Queen Hill at Zeehan (Lutley, 1975), Razorback,St. Dizier, and StanleyRiver (or Mt. Lindsay); (b) ...Oakleigh,and Interview River; (c) Disseminated cassiterite in altered,greisenized graniteintrudedassills...alteration--examplesinclude the Anchor mine (Grovesand Taylor, 1978) and the Federation mine in the HeemskirkGranite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pipe. Minerals such as molybdenite, wolframite, cassiterite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, pyrite...and low hardness. In the paragenetic sequence, cassiterite and wolframite mostly precipitated before sulfides;...Triassic. The resulting plutons comprise the New England Batholith. Although volcanogenic massive sulfides...genetic relationships with the plutons in the New England Batholith. This batholith is one of the largest...and is intruded by various plutons of the New England Batholith. These volcanic rocks are overlain to
Book
CidlT Port Davey SRum bun®’ ■ ISLAND fUN?r« TASMAN IA 5 sketch lowing location of the. pnain features... 41 FOSSIL FIELDS — 45 Royslea Farm; Emery’s mine, Avoca; Blackwells Road; Pear Hill; Fossil Bluff;... Superb array of crocoile crystals, from Adelaide Mine — (Dundas). Blue Lake, Soufh of Mt. Camas. Water...railways, towns, physical features, contours and mine locations, but the later ones are on the scale of...but seem rather limited. Many years ago an opal mine existed here but there is little evidence of it
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
incorpornted in blende and, in lesser degree, galona. In mine&a of thio-&t type, indium may be highly enriched...changed also. Furthermore, minerals of different st,ructure, undergoing deposition simultaneously from...differentiation, must be evaluattid empirically in our present st,ate of knowledge. As a contribution to this theme...samples of cassiterites from Tasmania, the New England district (N.S.W.) and other localities. For most...Corporation Broken Hill, North Mine 1850’ stopes Broken Hill, North Mine ‘1850’ ’ . . stops . . Broken
Catalog/List
Spinel crystals from madgascar.Mottramite from England .Cut and polished Labradorite.Tacharanite and Tobermorite...NNW of ingots on a ship wreck in 1885 St Ives. Cornwall. England Rich fine grained black crystalline mass...micros in Penbenhy Croft Mine, St cavities in quartz_________________ Hilary Cornwall Pure black-brown cleavage... Rich white crusts on matrix. ALAMOSITE Rawhide Mine, Mohave Ixl £9 'A x A £3 1 xA Pb SiO/3_____________...Feldspar_____________ Black areas in actinolite Basinas Mine Sweden 1x1 £1.20 ALLANITE 9 Ce Y Fe SiO__________
Book (edition)
Republic mine (Ben Lomond) (mottled yellow-brown), Lake Cethana (blue), Moina, and along the St Pauls River...emerald have been reported from Thureaus Deep Lead near St Helens and aquamarine in the Moina area. Tasmanian...Quartz 3 CASSITERITE tin oxide; H = 6–7; SG = 6.8–7.1; CS = tetragonal Most of the cassiterite occurring...been large enough to cut as gems. Ruby tin (red cassiterite) occurs at Coles Bay, Flinders Island, Goshen...Heazlewood silver-lead mines; and from the Magnet mine. Most of these mines produced spectacular specimens
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
oncepts 0361-0128/95/1737/1382-2054.00 1382 TASMAN FOLD BELT METALLOGENY HODGKINSON 1383 Thisis...(3) granitoid-asso½iated Sn andW prov- Tasman South ENGLAND FOLD BELT i Queens/and KANMANTOC FOLD...200 km Tasman /I Mount '2 Line.• Windsor F I Volcanics tMorga eGympie • • FIG. 1. The Tasman foldbeltsystem... the metallogeny andtectonicdevelopment of the Tasman Cu-Auprovince, 5 = Southeast Laehlan foldbeltAuprovince...theTasmanfoldbeltsystem. Thewesternmarginof the Tasman fold beltsystem The TasmanFold Belt System The
Report (issue)
… … … … Schematic cross section of the Rosebery mine … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Geological...Devoni an ska rn mineralisation at the Cleveland mine. are indicative of formation in the forearc region...southward and emplaced at a high crustal level among st the r ela tivel y unme tamor phose d autochthonous...34 Mt @ 0.9% Sn 3.6 Mt @ 1.2% Sn Silicate skarns St Dizier ~2.6 Mt @ 0.5% Sn, 0.05% WO3 Vein deposits...share a common origin. The Savage River magnetite mine, within the Bowry Formation, consists of sub-vertical
Report (issue)
… … … … Schematic cross section of the Rosebery mine … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … Geological...Devoni an ska rn mineralisation at the Cleveland mine. are indicative of formation in the forearc region...southward and emplaced at a high crustal level among st the r ela tivel y unme tamor phose d autochthonous...34 Mt @ 0.9% Sn 3.6 Mt @ 1.2% Sn Silicate skarns St Dizier ~2.6 Mt @ 0.5% Sn, 0.05% WO3 Vein deposits...share a common origin. The Savage River magnetite mine, within the Bowry Formation, consists of sub-vertical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Australia) which lies in the southern part of the Tasman Geosyncline. The cobalt and nickel contents of...with lead and zinc minerals, and those with cassiterite or argentiferous galena related to granitic intrusions...(Australien) vorhanden, welches im siidlichen Teil der Tasman-Geosynklinale liegt. Die Kobalt- und Nickelgehalte...ores. In Tasmania, where the older history of the Tasman Geosyndine is exposed, there are at least three...Lower Palaeozoic age and were deposited in the Tasman Geosyncline, an important zone of sedimentation
Book
Remfry in the Western Part of the St Austell Granite Pluton, Cornwall, England. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . 51 P. Bowden Tourmalinization in Cornwall, England . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....Hydrothermal Activity in the St Just Mining District, Cornwall, England. . . . . . . . . . . . N.J. Jackson...Granitic Batholiths of South-west and Northern England and some Geothermal Analogues. . . . . . . . ....Mineralization and Fluid Inclusion Study of the Yod Nam Tim Mine, Southern Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report (Issue volume)
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