| | Book | So ·Very Foolish A History of the Wherry Mine, Penzance Peter Joseph THE 1:rDVII1rIHill CCJK SOCIETY...Founded1935 Cover image: Print ofa painting of the Wbeny Mine by Denys Law (1907-1981), taken from the Holman...artist bad one or more of the early skecthes of the mine to refer to. Published by The Trevithick Society...by Peninsula Projects, c/o PO Box 62, Camborne, Cornwall TR14 7ZN I instanced a lamentable case of a...000, by a Comish mine. 'I remember,' said another passenger, 'the case of the Wherry mine being re-opened | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | SOCIETY June, 1949 Vol. XXVIII The Wherry mine, Penzance, its history and its mineral productions...standing at Wherry Town on the south-western end I Fofthethevisitor esplanade at Penzance looks seaward...by water, there existed many years ago a rich tin mine, unique in the boldness of its conception, romantic...during the hey-day of its career, this remarkable mine was examined by a very competent observer in the...John Hawkins (1761 ?-1841), F.R.S., of Trewithen, Cornwall, and Bignor Park, Sussex, and it is to him that | | | 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...cobalt mineralisation discovered at Porthtowan, Cornwall, in the vicinity of old workings which are part...in Cornwall. 1 Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 | | | Book | GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geology .of the country around Penzance ' . i\i�i / ---�-----✓- \ \ // •• ,- ---...C-�. --·.J;:;{ GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE PENZANCE DISTRICT Superficial deposits (Drift) Quaternary... Geology of the country around Penzance The district around Penzance (Sheets 351 and 358) has been exploited...copper since the Bronze Age. Only the Geevor tin mine was still open in 1986, but the vigorous development...district featured on Maton 's geological map of Cornwall in 1797 and accounts, both of the minerals and | | | 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 | | | Journal (issue) | elements in Permo-Triassic red beds of south-west England, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. with contributions by...age of the Brannel, South Crofty and Wherry el van dykes, Cornwall, by J. R. Hawkes, Ph.D., R. R. Harding...and chalcedonic concretions in anhydrite, Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria, by R. K. Harrison, M.Sc. . ....occurrence of sapphire in the Land's End Granite, Cornwall, by A. C. Wilson, B.Sc., Ph.D. 61 I. VII. Refringence...Sandwith Mine, St Bees, Cumbria 58 Photomicrographs of concretions in anhydrite from Sandwith Mine, St Bees | | | Book | 2010 by Alison Hodge, 2 Clarence Place, Penzance, Cornwall TRI8 2QA, www.alison-hodge.co.uk, info@alison-hodge...Cornish minerals. Thanks also to Michael Merry of Cornwall Devon Mineral Specimens (www. cornwalldevonmineralspecimens...photographs taken by him of the botallackite in situ, Wherry Mine pump column and wolframite outcrop. Two private...originated by BDP — Book Development & Production, Penzance, Comwall Printed in China Title page: Connelite...Sara Chambers, Collections Manager, the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro (www.royalcorn- wallmuseum.org | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | elvans and lamprophyres. Geoscience in South-West England, 13, 459-470. The TellusSW survey of 2013-4 consisted...and eK. Rose Cottage, Church Hill, Calstock, Cornwall, PL18 9QQ, U.K. and Camborne School of Mines,... INTRODUCTION Geological mapping in Devon and Cornwall and subsequent interpretation is often difficult...magnetic surveys were first flown in Devon and Cornwall in 1956 and 1957-9, respectively. Regional geochemical...of higher resolution public domain surveys in the UK: in the English Midlands, Isle of Wight and Northern | | | 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...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 | | | Report (issue) | LOCALITIES: Bucks County: Rushland; Lebanon County: Cornwall? Philadelphia: Fairmount Park. . H ; MICA GROUP...The following analysis of "chrome ore" from Wood's mine by Garrett (1852: 45) lies may be taken as an example...regarding Pennsylvania minerals: to Dr. Edgar T. Wherry for much data, and a critical examination... where they 4 may form hydrothermal Edgar T. Wherry and Samuel G. Gordon, An arrangement veins. Quite...and Chester Counties, at Wood's mine, the Line Pit, and Scott's mine. At a number of lite, ; localities | | | Catalog/List | NICK CARRUTH Copse Cottage Drakewalls Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9EH Tel/Fax: Tavistock (01822) 832530 email:...2006 1) ADULARIA. Ogo Dour, Predannick, Lizard, Cornwall. Nice group of salmon pink xls to 1mm covering...AMETHYST. Park Clay Pit, St Neot, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. A nice clean group of amethystine xls to 5mm...3) ARSENOLITE. Levant Arsenic Works, Pendeen, Cornwall. Flue product. A group of spiky grey xls to 4mm...60x40y,5nirn. 4) BARITE. Wheal Drea, St Just, Cornwall. Pinkish buff radiating masses in a cavity in | | | Catalog/List | BARSTOW 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: st. Just 788880 (STD 0736)...£5.50. 3. APATITE. Botallack Head, St. Just, Cornwall. Lustrous, creamy, well formed hexagonal crystals...Limonitic matrix. 2x2xlt" .£2.75. ARGENTITE. Valenciana Mine, Guana,;uato, Me~ico,. Fine, bright, silvery grey... 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. AURICHALCITE. 79 Mine Gila Co., Arizona, U.S.A. Select turquoise blue...etx 2lx2 w• £6.50. AXINITE. Botallack, 5t. Just, Cornwall~ 5harp, lustrous, clove brown crystals to 1 cm | | | Report (issue) | MEMOIRS· ·OF ·-1}RE-·GEOLOGICAI/ SURVEY.. -: ,. ENGLAND AND WALES. .. - -EXPLANATION Q_F SHEETS 361...SECTIONS, AND MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGIOA SURMEY. OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND MU,SEUM E>F PRACTICAL GEOLOGY• of...6d. A Compl1 �) ; 4 (I. of l\ta11); 5 {Lake ENGLAND .i Di��rct) Dewon;}; ' ....' .. -: Torquay NEW...by Joseph Ca1�·n e, a11d the geological map of Cornwall of 1 832 by D1'. H . S. Boase, are deserving of...ILLUSTRATI ONS. ... ... Fig. 1 .-Map of South-Western Cornwall Fig. 2.-Diagrarnmatic Section across the St. Erth | | | Report (chapter) | on August 7, 2015 Geology and landscape in SW England in the late eighteenth century, as recorded in...Hatchett and Thomas Rackett, embarked on a tour into Cornwall visiting the more southerly parts of Dorset and...Maton, providing a contemporary description of SW England during the latter part of the eighteenth century...sites which they visited, such as Roche Rock in Cornwall, Kent’s Cavern in Devon and Wookey Hole in Somerset...map is of considerable historic importance. SW England has been a popular destination for travellers at | | | Book | 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...Cleavage and Fracture 8 8 9 10 11 GEMSTONES OF CORNWALL Quartz Gemstones 12 13 GRANITE AND OTHER ROCKS...WHERE. Beaches Cliffs and Caves. River Beds etc. Mine Dumps Quarries St. Just - Botallack - Pendeen Camborne | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | of bronze, having been mined and exported from Cornwall to Italy by the Romans during the reign of Julius...supposedly have been found in stream gravels in Cornwall. Cassiterite is the only common ore mineral of...Historically, there have been numerous attempts to mine cassiterite within the United States, each ultimately...where they are generally associated with gem tourmaline and/or beryl; excellent crystals have been found...Good crystals up to 25 mm have been found with tourmaline at Chesterfield and other nearby sites in Massachusetts | | | Book | Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, for 1848 ; and a table of some of the principal...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Reports of the Devonshire Association for the...LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND BEDFORDSHIRE BERKSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . CAMBRIDGESHIRE CHESHIRE 31 CORNWALL . 32... 64 65 CONTENTS. X MINERAL LOCALITIES IN ENGLAND— (continued ). OXFORDSHIRE PAGB 65 . RUTLANDSHIRE...124 130 APPENDIX 137 INDEX TO LOCALITIES IN CORNWALL 149 INDEX TO MINERAL SYNONYMS 153 1 THE | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | EarlyandMain StageOre Mineralization in Southwest Cornwall A. N. H^i•i•m^¾ Scottish Universities Research...place occur,the latter containingK-feldspar, tourmaline,a between220 and 230 m.y. ago. pale brown mica...Introduction 752 ORE MINER/ILIZ/ITION TIMING: S. W. CORNWALL r'• Basement Rocks ,,,. . . • Granite Cupolas...replacementat the granite margin (in the Geevor mine). The K-feld- orange-pink swarms(Hall, 1971) andcommonly... ORE TABLE MINERALIZATION TIMING: S. W. 755 CORNWALL RboSr Data for Muscovitesand K-Feldspars from | | | Journal (issue) | INDEX UK JOURNAL OF MINES AND MINERALS ISSUES 11 - 20 (1992 - 2000) Michael Wolfe David Green, Julie...Julie Ballard and Richard Bell 2002 UK Journal of Mines and Minerals - index to issues 11 to 20 -1- CONTENTS... our second index, covers issues 11 to 20 of the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals, published between...series names (eg stilbite) and group names (eg tourmaline). A few variental (eg beryl var. emerald) and...index is freely available as an RTF download from the UK Journal of Mines and Minerals website. NOTES, issue | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Curtisite.(Wright,Allen).... .. Beidellite. (Larsen,Wherry) . .. Cyanotrichite(Palache,Vassar) 213 Bendig... . . .64,165 cations ol colloid chemistry to Tourmaline crystals, S. W. mineralogy. ..65,124,200 Africa...minerals 195 and Frankenfield, J. S. .. 218 Pyrite, Cornwall, Pa. . . 252 Fluotaramite.(Morozewicz)..... 2lI...Strain structure in qlu;fitz.. 67,206 Kensington mica mine, Md., mineralsfrom. (Shannon) 35 Kimura, K 137 219...Uranium minerals f55 28 seeshannon,E. v. 167 and Wherry, E. T. Laumontite, Oregon.(McClellan) 287 .. . | | | Report (chapter) | building and decorative stones of Cornwall, UK COLIN M. BRISTOW Cornwall Geoconservation Group, Ty Gwyn...46 Chatsworth Way, Carlyon Bay, St Austell, Cornwall, UK (e-mail: mail@colinbristow.com) Abstract: Arising...varied suites of igneous and sedimentary rocks, Cornwall has a rich variety of building and decorative...such as elvan and sandrock, do not occur outside Cornwall, so local stone provides much character to the...used in some of the finest stone buildings in Cornwall, such as St Austell church tower, Antony House | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | EconomicKaolinization,GoonbarrowChina Clay Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, England:GeologicRelationships and Geochronology...Carboniferous(Westphalian)St. Austellgranite, Cornwall, England,consistof K-feldspar megacrysticbiotite-muscovite...monzograniteseparatedby an asymmetricK-feldspar-tourmaline-biotite _ quartz pegmatite,the geometryof which...boundarywasrelatedto cauldronsubsidence. In southwest England,zonesof completelykaolinizedgranite('-'5-25 wt...wolframitesheeted veinswith greisen(quartz-muscovite-tourmaline 4- topaz_ cassiterite) alterationselvages. At | | | Journal (volume) | TRANSACTIONS OF THE Royal Geological Society OF CORNWALL . INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 11th , 1814 . VOLUME THE...STREET , 1818 . P19London W /hillip 7.10 A WHERRY MINE ,M OUNT'S C ORNWALL .BAY MAMAY MAMW Ronat...ROYAL HIGHNESS The Prince Regent , DUKE OF CORNWALL, PATRON OF THE SOCIETY, THIS FIRST VOLUME...advancement of the mining resources of the County Cornwall ; for the benefits which such an of In stitution...Cabinet. In the construction of a geological map of Cornwall , the Society has made considerable progress, | | Müller, Axel, Seltmann, Reimar, Halls, Christopher, Siebel, Wolfgang, Dulski, Peter, Jeffries, Teresa, Spratt, John, Kronz, Andreas (2006) The magmatic evolution of the Land's End pluton, Cornwall, and associated pre-enrichment of metals. Ore Geology Reviews, 28 (3) 329-367 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.05.002 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | The magmatic evolution of the Land’s End pluton, Cornwall, and associated pre-enrichment of metals Axel...Department. Mineralogy, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK b Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Wilhelmstr...granites, and tourmaline granites together with fine-grained massive quartz–tourmaline rocks (MQT). Most...textural and mineralogical data suggest that the tourmaline granites and MQT evolved mainly from fractionated...immiscible phases. The Li-siderophyllite granites, tourmaline granites and MQT appear to be the immediate magmatic | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | Geoscience in south-west England INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION OF THE ISLES OF SCILLY PLUTON S. J....Isles of Scilly pluton. Geoscience in south-west England, 10, 000-000. The Isles of Scilly granite is one...small number of separate granite bodies (e.g. England, 1992; Castro and Fernandez, 1998; Cruden, 1998)...accessory minerals that include pinitised cordierite, tourmaline, andalusite, monazite, apatite, ilmenite, zircon...granite sheets, several of which have distinct tourmaline schlieren parallel to their margins. The sheets |
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Wherry Mine, Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK