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Cassiterite from
Wheal Uny, Redruth, 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 Wheal Uny, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:159574
Long-form Identifier:1:3:159574:1
GUID (UUID V4):92c606af-5498-44a0-88fb-6f71aef2d742
Nearest other occurrences of Cassiterite
0.6km (0.4 miles) Copper Hill Mine, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) South Carn Brea Mine, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
0.6km (0.4 miles) East Wheal Basset, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
0.7km (0.4 miles) East Carn Brea Mine, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) West Basset Stamps (Wheal Haste), Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Clyjah and Wentworth Mine (Perseverance Mine), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carnkie, Carn Brea, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wheal Sparnon, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wheal Buller, Wheal Buller and Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
1.1km (0.7 miles) Wheal Trefusis (incl. East Wheal Trefusis), Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Catalog/List
BINDHEIMITE AND CERUSSITE. Trevinnick Mine, St Kew, Cornwall. A good solid mass of yellow bindheimite with..."FRANCOLITE". Gunnislake Clitters Mine, Chilsworthy, Cornwall. A 40x30mm area of granite matrix covered in pinkish...specimen. 60x40x20mm. £12. CASSITERITE. Turnavore Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Rich specimen showing a 60x30mm...balls of chlorite. 80x60x40mm. £135. 12. I13' CASSITERITE. Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia, fSuperb „...intergrown quartz xls on a thin cassiterite matrix. 80x60x10mm. £85. CASSITERITE "Sea Worn". St Michaels Mount
Book
Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Cornish Mines: St Just to Redruth Barry Gamble Alison Hodge First...Alison Hodge. 2 Clarence Place. Penzance, Cornwall TRI 8 2QA. UK info@alison-hodge.co.uk WVAVal sonhod gepubl...Penzance. Cornwall Printed in China Title poge: Lyle's Shaft, North Wheal Basset. Cambome-Redruth Mining...Botallack Mine 14, Wheal Owles, West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward 18, Cape Cornwall Mine 21 Boswedden...Geevor Mine 25. Wheal Hear-le (East Boscaswell Mine) 28 St Ives Mining District 2 9 Wheal Sisters (Trencrom
Book (volume)
Hodge, Bosulval Farmhouse, Newmill, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1983_ No pan of 1hi~publica1ion...34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40; Royal lns1i1u1ionof Cornwall, Pla1es 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 26, 27, 28, 30... Ives, Cornwall. Origination and printing by Dowrick Design & Print Lid., S1. Ives, Cornwall. CONTENTS...Camborne Vean 4. Camborne Consols 5. Carn Camborne 6. Wheal Harriett 7. West Stray Park 11 61 75 89 96 101...110 Srclion 2. Barripper 8. North Dolcoath 9. Wheal Nelson 10. 'West Tolcarne 11. Trevoole 113 119
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... The Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and recording events within the Site 8.6 The Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage...and research commissioned or co-funded by the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage
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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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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 (article/letter/editorial)
and sands (stream-tin.) The detrital tin, ore ~ Cornwall may be grouped under the following heads : - a...breecias ~'" Observations on the detrital tin-ore of Cornwall." Journ. Roy. Inst. (Tram., No,xi., 1874. See...occupying fissures. Such deposits have been observed at Wheal Fortune, near Marazion; Perran Downs, near St. Hilary;...now in the Museum of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, is represented in fig. 2, pl. 1. At New P~osewarne...tolerably distinct crystals. *~P~po~ M~r Assoc. of Cornwall o~g De~o~, 1866, p. 26. 4 ~. H. CoT.~.~s ox
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tin raised in Cornwall. The mines in question are Wheal Uny, South Cam Brea, West Wheal Basset, South...South and West Wheal Frances, South Condurrow, and Wheal Grenville; and in all the lode dips at a much less...than the average of Cornish veins, the dip at Wheal Uny being only about 46° S. Throughout the lode contains...wide; this contains from 1 to 3 per cent, of cassiterite, in little grains, or in strings or veins. Schorl...further stated that, both at South Condurrow and Wheal Grenville, he has found in the schorl rock cavities
Catalog/List
green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE...FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous Quartz...ARAGONITE/ROCK CRYSTAL. Greystones Quarry,Launceston,Cornwall. Large milky Quartz breccia fragment with upper...18. ARSENOPYRITE.Hingsten Down Quarry,Calstock,Cornwall. 2 specimens. Specimen A-matrix fragment richly...ARSENOPYRITE(CHLORITOID), Penlee Quarry,Newlyn,Cornwall. Quartz fragment encrusted and veined with silvery
Report (issue)
Sheet 352 of the ne,v series one-inch 1nap of England and Wales. . The orig:inal geological st1rvey .... . . ... 27.-Eas t Wl1eal Lovell 28. -Gi--eat Wheal Fortt1ne . . . · ... 29.-vVhral-, Go1..1and 30 (�...i11e . . . :3 2.-\Vhenl Lt1sl1ington .. . . 3?. -Wheal \rincent (part ot· \Vl1eal ... :1 4.-Nangiles :-3...Palreozoic formations of Cornwall. In the original Geological St1rvey map of Cornwall, De la Beche separated...state of our knowledge with regard to South­ West Cornwall it is clear that the main portion of the rocks
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...This account of the mining geology of south -west England summarizes the geological information gained during...the long history of mining in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset . the territory in which
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...Second impression with amendme111s /969 PrinlCd in England for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Unwin Brothers...This account of the mining geology of south-west England summarizes the .iological information gained during...south-west of England was the first to be published, and his ' Report on the eology of Cornwall, Devon and
Book (edition)
iv INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and copper, iron, lead, tin and...CORNWALL'S MINING HERITAGE Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of the...worked by opencast methods such as at Mulberry and Wheal Prosper near Lanivet. minerals in the lodes include...include tourmaline, quartz, LAUNCESTON a CORNWALL SHOWING LOCATION OF MINING DISTRICTS LISKEARD WADEBRIDGE
Book (edition)
Skip Shaft P.S. The history of metal mining in Cornwall is a long one, and tin, copper, iron, lead and...winding, and crushing ores. Tin was smelted in Cornwall, but the copper ore was shipped to smelters in...It is here that the richest mining districts of Cornwall are found. During a late cooling stage of the...ST AUSTELL ‘a _jerowey 8 REDRUTH LISKEARD jos ae =f FALMOUTH Cornwall showing the location of the...such as at Mulberry and Wheal Prosper near Lanivet. Tin ore is cassiterite, a dark black-brown mineral
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
Journal (issue)
55 Colorado 57 Congo 57 East Indies 58 England Europe 61 Finland France 84 French Guiana ...Canada Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Texas Ann. Rep. Roy. Cornwall Polyt. Soc. Ann. Rep. Roy. the Board of ReSmithsonian...Survey of Texas, Austin. Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, Falmouth. gents Institution...the Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Institu- tion of Cornwall, Truro. Annual Report of the School...Supply. Ann. Rep. Trans. Plymouth Inst. Devon and Cornwall Nat. Hist. Soc. . Annual Report of the Secretary
Book (volume)
disastrous fall in metal prices later in the century, Cornwall led the world in the art and science of mining...mining dist1 ict, concentrated around Camborne and Redruth, was the core of the industry. The story of the...1980 by Alison Hodge, 5 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall. ©T. A. Morrison, 1980 No part of this publica1ion... 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41; Royal Institution of Cornwall, Plates 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14...29; Redruth Library, Plate 36. Typesetting by Impulse PhotOt)•peseuers Ltd., St. Ives, Cornwall. Origination
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for East Cornish localities ; to Mr. Garby of Redruth , to Mr. Mitchell of Truro, to Mr. Lavin of Pen...Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall. Quarterly Journals of the Geological Society...Uranium . ORDER XI. Tin. Genus 1. OXIDE . 191. Cassiterite . Genus 2. SULPHIDE IN COMBINA TION . 192. Stannine...ad petett inte tro con . LOCALITIES. — Evand. Cornwall ; near Tuckingmill, Cam borse, and is a gre quarry...Wolfram . ORDER XI. Tin . Genus 1. OXIDE. 191. Cassiterite . Genus 2. SULPHIDE IN COMBINA TION . 192.
Book (volume)
The metalliferous mining region of south-west England H G Dines, ARSM, AMICE with petrographical notes...The metal/iferous mining region of south-west England, H G Dines (1956). Economi,· Memoir of the Geological...staffs of Geevor Mine, South Crofty Mine, Wheal Pendarves, Wheal Jane and Mount Wellington Mine. The generous...notably his 16-volume series Mines and miners of Cornwall, and two volumes on the mines of Devon, one of...Somerset figures were published in 1984 and the Cornwall outputs are due to be published soon. K. E. Beer
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
Book
GEOLOGY OF ,,, ,,. F .. THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL Cornwall is renowned for its spectacular rocky coastline...seventeenth century. This book reviews the importance of Cornwall in the development of geological thought in Britain...of notable scientific interest. The Geology of· Cornwall is a companion volume to The Geology of Devon...org/details/geologyofcornwal0000unse THE GEOLOGY OF CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY Edited by E.B. Selwood...Liskeard High: E.B. Se/wood The Structure of East Cornwall: K. P Isaac Culn1 Basin: JR. Andrews The Boscastle-Tintagel-
Book (volume)
Cook's Kitchen Mine, 1995. (Walk4) Back cover, top: Wheal Trewavas - looking south-west, 1990. New Engine...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...bound by R. Booth Ltd., Antron Hill, Mabe, Penryn, Cornwall Kenneth Brown & Bob Acton EXPLORING CORNISH...developed an early interest in steam railways. Sent to Cornwall on an engineering course after leaving school
Journal (issue)
finds at Gunheath China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall by Nick Elton ........................ 31 A tin...Such wa P rr. information, particularly about Cornwall, you would have been wise to ask Peter Colley...collections, a11d is used by many museums i11 tlze UK. (Ed.) North-West Branch · November Meeting: Basic...the mines comprise of solid chalcopyrite and cassiterite a hundred metres thick. Scoping such deposits...Further deposits in Ireland, Germany, Poland and the UK were described, making this a truly absorbing lecture
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present day, throughout the jength and breadth of Cornwall, which are ^mistakably of great antiquity. \V%...STORICAL AND MONUMENTAL, OF IDE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.’* Devon and Cornwall) were first discovered by tne Phornicians...among<^ which they prolmbly reckoned the west of Cornwall, carried on so considerable a trade here, that...that • called by the two names of Devonshire and Cornwall, and the small islands adjacent to Con^wall, now...trade, pursued by a itself not unlikely that Cornwall, the southernmost part of all this island, may
Book (volume)
XVI.—Hisrory Age of igneous rocks Granite of Cornwall Elvans Groby syenite and Mount "Sorel 228 229...strata ; é : : depression - CuapreR In England . In Anglesey . é . - 356] Gneiss . : 357...strata in England and elsewhere. 3. The appearances of regular structure in the mines of England, Germany...so populous, and of so diversified an aspect as England, necessarily produced a very intimate knowledge...Royal Society, in 1683, a map of the soils of England. 3. Mining.— Miners in every period must have been
 
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