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Chalcopyrite from
Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chalcopyrite
Formula:CuFeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Chalcocite3 photos of Chalcopyrite associated with Chalcocite at this locality.
Botallackite1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Botallackite at this locality.
Quartz1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Quartz at this locality.
Schorl1 photo of Chalcopyrite associated with Schorl at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcopyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wheal Cock, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo GalleryView Gallery (2 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:3225
Long-form Identifier:1:3:3225:4
GUID (UUID V4):f06764e5-d02a-4dc8-97c9-ac19be7fe249
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcopyrite
0.1km (0.1 miles) Wheal Tolvan (Wheal Tolvaen), Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.1km (0.1 miles) Wheal Hen, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.4km (0.2 miles) Wheal Hazard, Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.5km (0.3 miles) Botallack Mine, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.8km (0.5 miles) Levant Mine, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
0.9km (0.6 miles) Loe Warren Zawn, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.0km (0.6 miles) Wheal Edward, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.3km (0.8 miles) Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.4km (0.8 miles) Hanging Wall Vein, Geevor Mine, Pendeen, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
1.5km (1.0 miles) Wheal Drea, Botallack, St Just, Cornwall, England, UK
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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...never the less be only just to mention Purser's 'Minerals and locations in S.W. England' (1974). The work
Journal (issue)
UK Journal of mes ·and .Minerals Issue SprJng 1989 , No ...6 Pr:f ee ~3.95 ·- • r .. Arnold...Trewellard, Penzance, Cornwall. TR19 7SU Tel: (0736) 788305 Calcite (Cornwall) UK Journal of Mines and...EUROPE SOUTH AFRICA The History of Ystrad Einion Mine J & A Wolters. Leeuwendaal 2, 3273 XD Westmaas...Merritt Cassiterite from Whiteworks Carharrick, Cornwall R. Morton.Dr. K.F.G. Hosking 22 Mining Methods...Showing the Boscawcn Diagonal Shaft at Botallack Mine. St. Just. Cornwall. Reproduced hy permission of City
Journal (issue)
copper mineral assemblages at Botaliack, St Just. Cornwall R.J. Bowell 45 The composition of stolzite...Millward 64 Cuprosklodowskite from Geevor mine, Cornwall N.J. Elton, J.J. Hooper and L. Coggon 66 ...SUPERGENE COPPER MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES AT BOTALLACK, ST JUST, CORNWALL R.l. BOWELL Department of Mineralogy...chlorides and sulpha tes in an underground level of Botallack mine. Krohnkite is present and this is believed...observed in material from the mine tailings around Bota llack mine and Wheal Cock. The supergene mineral assemblage
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
377 Notes on the occurrence of zeolites in Cornwall and neT)on. By ARTHUR I~USS~T,T.. [Read November...concerning the occurrence of zeolites in both Cornwall and Devon. Specimens belonging to this group are...list of mineral species occurring in the ~Vest of England. HEULANDITE. Whea~ Forest, OkehamTton, Devon.--During...Devon, I visited some small abandoned mine-workings named Wheal Forest, situated in ~[eldon Gorge, on...this being the first record of its occurrence in England. On five of the specimens, which were all broken
Journal (issue)
J. Dunn Washington, DC Peter G. Embrey London, England Richard C. Erd U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park...COVER: CHALCOPYRITE on TETRAHEDRITE, 15 cm, from the Herodsfoot mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Collection...See the article in this issue on the minerals of Cornwall. Copyright 1993 © by the Mineraiogicai Record...of your hand for singlehanded operation, weighs just over a pound, and runs on six AA batteries. The...Pendeen West Cornwall, England Forcenturies, the copper and tin mines in Cornwall County, England, have proved
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RYBACK 42 Bell Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 4EB, England AND PETER C . T A N D Y Department of Mineralogy...British Museum (Natural History), London SW7 5BD, England T n E supplementary lists of British Isles minerals...has improved recently. The classic minerals of Cornwall and Devon are splendidly described by Embrey and...known from the British Isles, and 580 or so from England. Of these latter, about 116 are listed here as...on minerals collected by A. de Hailer at Tynagh mine, Ireland, unpublished except in newsletters (Bulletins
Catalog/List
30x30x20Jlllll. 13.00. 5. ANKERITE/BLENDE/CHALCOPYRITE. 19th C speclmen. Harz Hountains,Germany. Well...buff,sharp,rhombic xtls on a bright metallic Chalcopyrite/Dlende base. 50x40x25mm. 110,00. 6, ANTIHONITE...,1:.1• 75 • I 5. ARSENIANPYRITE. Wheal Nangllcs,Dlssoe,Cornwall. 19th C ~pccimrn. Matrix free,crystalline... 45x25x20mm. tl5.00. 17. ARSENOPYRITE/CHALCOPYRITE. Wheal Jane,Kea,Cornvall. Chalcopyrltc rich matrix...Specimen B-60x60x20mm. L2.50. 19. ATACAHITE.Wheal Cock,Carnyorth,West Cornvall. Tvo spcclmens. !lornfels
Report (issue)
Ni0.03 Fe0.02 )Σ=1.01 Sb1.00 S1.00 . (2) Wheal Cock, England; by electron microprobe; corresponds to (Co0...(Bergslagen, Sweden). Association: Sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrargyrite, pyrrhotite, antimonial...silver (Trout Bay, Canada); costibite, nisbite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, sphalerite, gersdorffite...Ontario, Canada [TL]. At Wheal Cock, Botallack, St. Just, Cornwall, England. In the Gruvåsen and Getön
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. Tel.No.: Gunnislake 832381 (STD (022) V.A...azurite/chalcocite matrix. 2x2x1-t", £4.5Op 4. AZURITE. Tynagh Mine, Co. Galway, Eire. Select cellular mass of bright...~2-tX1t", £11.00 5. BARYTES. Mt. Wellington Mine, Twelvehead~, Cornwall, Specimen A: Lustrous well formed terminated...scattered over tarnished Chalcopyrite crystals to 8 ~m in size covering massive chalcopyrite matrix. qX3x2", £16...00. Specimen C: As specimen B, but covering chalcopyrite matrix. 2tx1t", £4.75p. Specimen D: As specimen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Jones JONES , A. P. 1987. Field Meeting in west Cornwall , 30 May to 2 June , 1986. Proc. Geol. Ass. 98(1)...mineralogical and petrological interest in West Cornwall. Attention was concentrated on mineralisation...Kingston-upon-Thames , Surrey , KT12EE. 1. INTRODUCTION mine workings were briefly picked over and yielded limited...dominated by arsenoA field meeting was held in west Cornwall primarily to examine areas of mineralisation associated...accommodation in The prior to the afternoon visit to St. Michael's Mount. Karenza Hotel , Carbis Bay, provided
Journal (volume)
K. A. Dyer, Hoddlesden, Darwen, U.K. N.J. Elton, St Austell, U.K. I.R. Plimer, Kensington Gardens, S...non-member subscription rates for this volume are: UK £13 (including P&P) and Overseas £15 (including P&P)...proudly displaying a copy of Minerals of Northern England. Roy Starkey photograph. Journal of the Russell...Herderite-hydroxylherderite series minerals from Chywoon Quarry, Cornwall Tom F. Cotterell, Neil Hubbard and David Moulding...euhedral schulenbergite at the Penberthy Croft Mine, Cornwall John Betterton and Ian E. Grey 34–35 PAPERS
Catalog/List
will be exhibiting at six shows in 1995, viz London, St. Albans, Keele University, Oxford, Harrogate and...clear,tabular MIN,118. 10. ANNABERGITE.Kamareza Mine,Laurium,Greece.Dr HG Weller label. Quartz fragment...green,prismatic xtls.MIN,111. 11. ANTIHONITE. Wheal Boys,St with silvery grey,massive 12. ANTIHONITE....APATITE VAR FRANCOLITE. Simms Lode,Geevor Mine,Trewellard,Cornwall. Choice,very rich specimen. Ferruginous...LC,t.20. 15. APATITE. Goonbarrow China Clay Pit,St Austell,Cornwa11. Granite fragment with upper surface
Catalog/List
Localitv Peru Broken Hill Australia Crow Hill Mine, Cornwall Kildonan Burn Sicilv Elba Glen Strathfarrat...Barvte Pyrite & Marcasite Jamesonite Chalcopyrite Chalcopyrite Bournonite Jamesonite Arsenoovrite Chalcoovrite...Baryte/Calcite Galena Galena Galena & Dolomite Chalcopyrite on Dolomite Arsenopyrite Sphalerite var Marmetite...Cinnabar Wheal Andrew, Cornwall Israel Sutherland Scotland Cardiff, Ontario, Canada Lizard, Cornwall Pacific...Pacific Ocean Lizard Cornwall Ashover Derbyshire Eire Gwenap, Cornwall (Lowe) Aberfeldy, Scotland Brein Lecanvie
Journal (issue)
t;>.,,.,. J..2. w ,·tf, SI' l'UK TS C 2 EDITORIAL COVER:Heart-shaped calcite twin...Rob Lavinsky. CLASSIC MINERALS OF NOlffl-lERN ENGLAND STEVErtUSTITE 6 RICHARD BARSTOW Roy Starkey...COmwaJI, England UKJournal of Mines & Minerals No. 31 -1,\ EDITORIAL his edition of the Uk]lv!M begins...CLASSICMINERALS OF NORTHERN ENGLAND he mineral deposits of northern England are internationally recognised...of local knowledge, by the well known north-of-England collector Lindsay Greenbank. T The celebration
Catalog/List
S-c. J:lS"t, Penzance, Cormlall, England • ------_. -.- ~"Just V.A.T.No.: 132-7852-67 OIi.DEl\ING...Ferritungsti e, lxl". £1. 50. .P1I.TITE. Carrock Mine, Caldbeck, Cumberland. Pale sea-green and creamy...assoclatlon. 32x22x12' £11. --hURIClbL-:;ITE. Char..Kounhi Mine, Iran. Light turquoise. blue attractive bladed crystal...~+ ~ attached. 3-~x2". £4.50. ChLCITE. Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumberland. Translucent, v/ell formed...size. 2tx2"::dt", £2.5"0. ~LCITE. Botallack Mine, st. Just~ Cornwall. Unusual, creamy coloured, modified
Report (issue)
metamorphosed rocks. Association: Magnetite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, skutterudite, allanite, zoisite, scapolite...Crown’s Engine House, Wheal Cock, and the Botallack mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England. Good crystals from...and Cloncurry, Queensland. From the Aı̈t Ahmane mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco. Many more minor localities
Journal (issue)
UK j I o mi minerals TS C nlm~ 2 EDITORIAL COVER: Vanadinite from the LeadhillsWanlockheadminingdistrict... 5 PEGMATITE MINERALS FROM CI-IYWOON QUARRY The UK Joumal efMines a11dMinerals publishes articles of...Tindle • Richard Belson ARSENOGOYAZITE FROM WI-IEAL COCK 29 CIRCULATION, SALES & FINANCE Jean C. Spence...Worbop, Nott~. S80 2EE CLASSIFIED ADVERTISMENTS UK Journal of Mines & Minerals No. 26 -1- EDITORIAL...these mark the event out as one of the best in the UK This year the society instigated a mineral competition
Report (volume)
: : The history of 1nining for copper-ore in Cornwall and J)evon goes back no doubt to a remote period...has been made to describe every mine ,vhich has yielded copper in Cornwall and Devon. In order to bring...information up to date Mr. Dewey has visite.d everv active mine and rnanv of those recentlv abandoned • • • or of...historic importance. Our thanks are due to t,he present mine managers for their courtesy and assistance. :Full...been made of the published accounts of mining in Cornwall and Devon, and reference to the principal sources
Catalog/List
Drakewalls House, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England. V.A.T. No.: 132-7852-67 ORDERING I~~O~IATION...axis. £22.00 APATITE. Colcerrow Qry., Luxulyan, Cornwall. Specimen A: Well formed translucent pale blue...Atacamite, 2tx1tx1 " , £2.5Op. AXINITE. Botallack Head, st. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A: Select lustrous clove-brown...association. 2x1-tx1t", £11.00 BARYTES. Force Crag Mine, nr. Keswick, Cumberland. Select, cluster of sharp... 2 11. BEUDANTITE. Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Cornwall. Sharp lustrous light coloured crystals
Catalog/List
I 26, Tregeseal, St. Just, Near Penzance, Cornwall, England. TEL.NO.: St. Just 880 (STD a73 677) ORDERING...Fluorescent display. 4tx3xl". £4.50. AXINITE. Botallack, St. Just, Cornwall. Specimen A - Sharp, translucent, lustrous... in length. 6x3xl". £11.00. BARYTES. Silverband Mine, Great' Dun Fell, Westmoreland. An unusual transparent...matrix. lixlxl". £6.50. BoRNITE. Dolcoath Mine, Camborne, Cornwall. Pure, solid metallic irridescently tarnished...very minor Chalcopyrite in association. 2xl~xl~-". £1.50. 19. BoURNoNITE. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath
Journal (issue)
a time for many ofus when we realise that it is just not practical to collect everything. My approach...localities when I lived in South Africa was an old tin mine by the name of Stavoren in what used to be called...the mineral assemblage is remarkably similar to Wheal Gorland. A third locality '\\ith close similarities...recovered from the Mutue Fides mine, but at the adjacent Stavoren mine, it seems that tin recovery was...introduction. Located in the parish of Gwennap, just north of St Day, the deposit is hosted by granite of the
Book
PO Box 315. Harpenden. Hertfordshire AL5 2ZD. England Telephone: +44 (0)1582 762413 Fax: +44 (0)870 055...the production of e0pper. the mining areas of Cornwall and Devon became important producers of b th tin... I made it a stipulation that e:ich en~ in rn:, ·st ,, ,u.d be fully referenced. After eight years the...Oxford University Museum of Natural History; Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro; Sedgwick Museum, University of...1\llaga::i11e, on minerals from localities in Cornwall. Devon. Cumbria and Yorkshire. He was renowned
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...quartz. 2tx2xl". £3.25. 5. AZURITE; Copper queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co. Arizona, U.S.A. Choice, bright...cavities. 4x2xl-t'.'. £23.00. 6. AZURITE. Buckingham Mine, Doddington, Nether Stowey, Somerset. Small bright...Molybdenite. 2~x1~~1~". £3.25p. . BORNITE. Wheal Cock, st. Just, Cornwall. Very rich purply tarnished mass associated
Catalog/List
MUS,£30. SW. ALLUVIAL TIN. Rialton,St Columb,North Cornwall. A jar containing 400 gm of alluvial tin...6W. SW. 9W. ALSTONITE. Jug Vein,Brownley Hill Mine,Nenth ead,Cumbria. Barite-rich matrix fragment topped...colln. TN,£20. 14W. 1sw. 16. 17W. -2- Tsumcorp Mine,Otavi,N.:imib!a. Ex Cyril Quc!t coll<'r.11011. Thin...on rear. SC,£20. 18W. APATITE. Barraco Grande Mine,Panasquiera,Beira-Beixa,Portugal.Gemmy, grey-blue...MIN,£25. 20W. APATITE on QUARTZ. Barraco Grande Mine,Panasquiera,Portugal. Mill
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
 
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